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magenta

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ma·gen·ta  (m-jnt)
n.
1. See fuchsin.
2. A purplish red, one of the subtractive primary colors.
[After Magenta, a town of northwest Italy.]
magenta [maj-jen-ta]
Adjective
deep purplish-red [after Magenta, Italy]
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Noun1.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


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I used to wear 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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