Definition of "fuchsine" []

• A dye (rosaniline hydrochloride or similar) usually a deep red or magenta colour. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "Because of the considerable infusion of the red fuchsine carries large vitalizing energy."
• "In commerce three brands of aniline are distinguished -- aniline oil for blue, which is pure aniline; aniline oil for red, a mixture of equimolecular quantities of aniline and ortho - and para-toluidines; and aniline oil for safranine, which contains aniline and ortho-toluidine, and is obtained from the distillate (_échappés_) of the fuchsine fusion."
• "She makes her presence as clearly felt among a million of her sex as does a grain of fuchsine in a hogshead of water."