Magenta

 

Secondary or Complementary Colour: a mixture of red and blue light (1995).

This Purplish colour is the complementary colour to green or the ‘minus-green’ subtractive primary used in the three colour photographic processes. Magenta light results when red and blue light overlap.

 

References

Case, D., 1985, Motion Picture Film Processing, Media Manuals, Focal Press.