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ma·gen·ta

(mə-jĕn′tə)

2. A purplish red, one of the subtractive primary colors.

[After Magenta, a town in Lombardy where, as part of Italy's wars for independence, combined forces of France and the Kingdom of Sardinia defeated forces of the Austrian Empire in 1859, the year in which fuchsin was patented.]

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magenta

(məˈdʒɛntə)

1. (Colours)

a. a deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of green and, with yellow and cyan, forms a set of primary colours

b. (as adjective): a magenta filter.

2. (Elements & Compounds) another name for fuchsin

[C19: named after Magenta, Italy, alluding to the blood shed in a battle there (1859)]

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ma•gen•ta

(məˈdʒɛn tə)

n.

1. fuchsin.

2. a purplish red.

[after Magenta, town in N Italy, the site of a battle (1859); fuchsin was discovered shortly after the battle]

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Noun	1.	magenta - 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 purplish red, purplish-red - a red with a tinge of purple
	2.	Magenta - a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I Battle of Magenta Italia, Italian Republic, Italy - a republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula; was the core of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire between the 4th century BC and the 5th century AD
Adj.	1.	magenta - of deep purplish red chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

magenta

color magenta rosso magenta

magenta

[məˈdʒentə]

A. N → magenta m

B. ADJ → magenta inv

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magenta

[məˈdʒɛntə]

adj → magenta inv

n → magenta m

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magenta

n → Fuchsin nt

adj → tiefrot

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magenta

[məˈdʒɛntə] n & adj → (color m) magenta inv

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I used to wear a magenta frock and a white pinafore.

'Mother, the little girl in my story wears a magenta frock and a white pinafore.'

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Its roof was of black slate, with bright unweathered ridge-tiling; its walls were of blood-coloured brick, cornered and banded with vermiculated stucco work, and there was cobalt, magenta, and purest apple-green window-glass on either side of the front door.

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Even at Queen Victoria's dinner-party--if something had been just a little different--perhaps if she'd worn a clinging Liberty tea-gown instead of a magenta satin--"

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