• Magenta

    Pronunciation

    • GenAm IPA: /məˈdÊ’É›ntÉ™/
    • Hyphenation: ma + gen + ta

    Origin

    Named in 1859 by Edward Chambers Nicholson after the Battle of Magenta, fought earlier that year.

    Full definition of magenta

    Noun

    magenta

    (plural magentas)
    1. A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

    Adjective

    magenta

    1. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
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