magenta
noun
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magenta
1 American
[muh-jen-tuh]
/ məˈdʒɛn tə /
Magenta
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American
[muh-jen-tuh]
/ məˈdʒɛn tə /
noun
magenta
British
/ məˈdʒɛntə /
noun
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a deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of green and, with yellow and cyan, forms a set of primary colours
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( as adjective )
a magenta filter
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another name for fuchsin
Etymology
Origin of magenta
After Magenta, because the dye was discovered the year of the battle.
Explanation
Magenta is a bright reddish-purple color. If you dye your hair magenta, you'll really stand out in a crowd. Magenta is a shade that's related to colors like fire engine-red and hot pink — it's deep and bold. The color called fuchsia is nearly the same, a mixture of red and blue that's across from green on a color wheel (in other words, green is magenta's complementary color). Magenta-colored dye was first produced in the 1850s, and the color was named after the 1859 "Battle of Magenta" in the Second Italian War of Independence.
Vocabulary lists containing magenta
Pink
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Example Sentences
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Magenta Fox, one of the members of the community Ehrenkranz created, has been laid off since 2023.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025
Officers working on Operation Magenta have so far looked at more than three million pages of documents, including the medical records of more than 750 patients.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
The ground floor gallery at Magenta Plains is configured as a chapel — but of what faith?
From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2023
Magenta explosions of bougainvillea frothed over the kitchen’s gates and the cinder-block walls of the vacant lot next door.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2023
The main body meanwhile, headed by Murat, advanced on Milan by way of Vercelli and Magenta, forcing the passage of the Ticino on the 31st of May at Turbigo and Buffalora.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
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