magenta

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see also: Magenta

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /məˈdʒɛntə/

Noun

magenta

1. A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, 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.

    

    

    

Synonyms

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

Translations

• French: magenta
• German: Magenta
• Italian: magenta
• Portuguese: magenta
• Russian: мадже́нта
• Spanish: magenta

Adjective

magenta

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

Translations

• Italian: magenta
• Russian: пу́рпу́рный

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Magenta

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Proper noun

1. A town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.

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