MAGENTA

magenta

(adjective) of deep purplish red

Magenta, Battle of Magenta

(noun) a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

magenta

(noun) a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

Synonyms

• fuchsia

• fuchsine

Adjective

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Anagrams

• gateman, magnate, nametag

Proper noun

Magenta

A town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.

Anagrams

• gateman, magnate, nametag

Source: Wiktionary

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Ma*gen"ta, n. (Chem.)

Definition: An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsine, roseïne, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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