magenta

Meanings

Plural: magentas

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
• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
• A color which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and blue light.

Adjective Satellite

• of deep purplish red

Adj

• Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Synonyms

Battle of Magenta, fuchsia, fuchsine

Related Words

black, blood red, blue, brick red, brown, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gray, green, grey, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, orange, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, purple, raspberry, red, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet, violet red, white, wine, yellow

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