Magenta
[mə'dʒentə] or [mə'dʒɛntə]
Definition
(noun.) a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I.
(noun.) 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.
(adj.) of deep purplish red .
Typed by Emile--From WordNet
Definition
(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 also fuchsine, roseine, etc.
Typed by Humphrey
Definition
n. a colour between pink and red.
Inputed by Cathleen
Examples
- The Austrians were badly beaten at Magenta and Solferino. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Simmons lived a long way out in the town toward the Porta Magenta. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
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