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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun magenta has 2 senses
- magenta(n = noun.attribute) Array - 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; Array is a kind of purplish-red, purplish red
- magenta(n = noun.act) battle of magenta - a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I; Array is a kind of pitched battle
Derived form adjective magenta1
Adjective magenta has 1 sense
- magenta(s = adj.all) Array - of deep purplish red; Array Derived form noun magenta1
CIDE DICTIONARY
magenta, n.
- An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from
Magenta , in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called alsofuchsin ,fuchsine ,roseïne , etc. [1913 Webster] - The purplish-red color of magenta. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
magenta, n. & adj.
--n.
1 a brilliant mauvish-crimson shade.
2 an aniline dye of this colour; fuchsine.
--adj. of or coloured with magenta.
--n.
1 a brilliant mauvish-crimson shade.
2 an aniline dye of this colour; fuchsine.
--adj. of or coloured with magenta.
Etymology
Magenta in N. Italy, site of a battle (1859) fought shortly before the dye was discovered
THESAURUS
magenta
amethystine, lavender, lilac, livid, mauve, mulberry, orchid, pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous, violetROGET THESAURUS
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Redness
N redness, red, scarlet, vermilion, carmine, crimson, pink, lake, maroon, carnation, couleur de rose, rose du Barry, magenta, damask, purple, flesh color, flesh tint, color, fresh color, high color, warmth, gules, ruby, carbuncle, rose, rust, iron mold, cinnabar, cochineal, fuchsine, ruddle, madder, Indian red, light red, Venetian red, red ink, annotto, annatto, realgar, minium, red lead, redness, rubescence, rubicundity, rubification, erubescence, blush, red, reddish, rufous, ruddy, florid, incarnadine, sanguine, rosy, roseate, blowzy, blowed, burnt, rubicund, rubiform, lurid, stammell blood red, russet buff, murrey, carroty, sorrel, lateritious, rubineous, rubricate, rubricose, rufulous, rose-colored, ruby-colored, cherry-colored, claret-colored, flame- colored, flesh-colored, peach-colored, salmon-colored, brick-colored, brick-colored, dust-colored, blushing, erubescent, reddened, red as fire, red as blood, red as scarlet, red as a turkey cock, red as a lobster, warm, hot, foxy.
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