Magenta Definition

mə-jĕntə
noun

Fuchsin.

Webster's New World
Purplish red.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adjective
Purplish-red.
Webster's New World
pronoun
A town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
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Other Word Forms of Magenta

Noun

Singular:
magenta
Plural:
magentas

Origin of Magenta

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

    From Wiktionary

  • After Magenta , a town of northwest Italy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Magenta Sentence Examples

  • The colors are black, yellow, light cyan, cyan, light magenta and magenta.

  • The color of the litter changes to varying shades of pale pink to magenta when the pH in a cat's urine is abnormal.

  • When using cyan, magenta and yellow in certain variations they create oranges, reds, violets, and so on.

  • This printing process produces 256 shades for each of three dye colors â cyan, magenta and yellow.

  • It contains the photo magenta, photo cyan and black inks combined.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAG

Words Ending With

ATANTA

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Words Starting With M and Ending With A

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With M7 Letter Words Ending With A