magenta

¹

[ muh-jen-tuh ]

noun

1. fuchsin.
2. a purplish red.

Magenta

²

[ muh-jen-tuh ]

noun

1. a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859.

magenta

/ məˈdʒɛntə /

noun

1. 1. a deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of green and, with yellow and cyan, forms a set of primary colours
   2. ( as adjective )

      a magenta filter

2. See fuchsin
   another name for fuchsin

Word History and Origins

Origin of magenta¹

After Magenta, because the dye was discovered the year of the battle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of magenta¹

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

Example Sentences

She looks like your typical granny—gray hair, wrinkles, dentures—and slowly stumbles about her apartment in a magenta tracksuit.

From The Daily Beast

And when I come out of kick-boxing my face is a deep magenta, and I feel hugely energized.

From The Daily Beast

She introduced the tiny jewel to Western audiences from behind a wash of magenta fringe.

From The Daily Beast

Clad in a magenta Marc Jacobs gown and RuPaul hair, Gaga has been anticipating it on Twitter all week.

From The Daily Beast

"We were in it but we didn't win it," said Martin, who wore magenta tint on her lips and her hair in a short blond bob.

From The Daily Beast

A great tree covered with glorious magenta flowers stands on one side.

From Project Gutenberg

She looked round the tiny church; at the whitewashed pillars, the humble pavement, the window full of magenta saints.

From Project Gutenberg

The evening had cleared, and the east was tender with a magenta flush under which the land lay still and rich.

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But a vendor of mauve and magenta woollen goods, known to Sally as "the beach-woman," was working up towards them.

From Project Gutenberg

Indian paint brush vied in its scarlet hue with the deep magenta of cactus.

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