magenta
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magenta¹
- /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/ US, UK
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
noun magentas
- A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue. Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!"
adjective more magenta · most magenta
- Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Magenta²
proper noun
- A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
- A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France, named after the Battle of Magenta.
- A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fuchsia, colored, chromatic, cyan, red, fuchsine, bougainvillea, purple, mauve, mauvette, mauvelous, murrey, maroon, mountbatten pink, madder lake, mauvaniline
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noun color
| Español | magenta |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 자홍색 jahongsaek, 마젠타색 majentasaek |
| 日本語 | 赤紫 akamurasaki, マジェンタ majenta, マゼンタ mazenta |
| 中文 | 品紅 /品红 pǐnhóng |
| हिन्दी | मैजेंटा maijẽṭā, मैजंटा maijaṇṭā |
| Português | magenta |
| Français | magenta |
| Deutsch | Magenta |
| Italiano | magenta |
| Ελληνικά | ματζέντα matzénta |
| Română | mov |
| Русский | мадже́нта madžénta, пу́рпу́рный цвет púrpúrnyj cvet |
| Tiếng Việt | màu đỏ sậm |
| العربية | أَرْجُوَانِيّ ʔarjuwāniyy, مَاجِنْتِيّ mājintiyy |
| עברית | מָגֶ׳נְטָה madjénta |
adj color
| Italiano | magenta |
|---|---|
| Русский | пу́рпу́рный púrpúrnyj, сире́невый sirénevyj, фукси́новый fuksínovyj, мадже́нтовый madžéntovyj |
Talk about this word "magenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/magenta. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. magenta. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/magenta "magenta." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/magenta.Cite this
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title = {magenta},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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