MAGENTA definition

MAGENTA

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WordNet

(1) Of deep purplish red

(2) A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

(3) A dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

WiktionaryText

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

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.