magenta

See also Magenta

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /məˈdʒɛntə/, SAMPA: /m@"dZEnt@/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

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.

   web magenta (additive magenta) colour:

   printer's magenta (subtractive magenta) colour:

   Prismacolor magenta (orginal magenta) colour:

Translations

colour

Albanian: ngjyrues i kuq (sq) Catalan: magenta Chinese: Mandarin: 品红 (zh) (pǐn hóng) Dutch: magenta (nl) Finnish: magenta (fi) French: magenta (fr) German: magenta (de) Italian: magenta (it)

Japanese: マジェンタ, マゼンタ (mazenta) Korean: 자홍색 (ko) (jahongsaek) Latin: magentibus (la) Persian: سرخابی سیر (sorkhabi sir) Portuguese: magenta (pt) Romanian: mov (ro) Russian: маджента (ru) Spanish: magenta (es) Vietnamese: màu đỏ sậm (vi)

Synonyms

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

Adjective

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

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

Translations

colour

Esperanto: malva (eo)

Italian: magenta (it)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds) [edit]}

Anagrams

• gateman
• magnate
• nametag

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

magenta n. (plural magenta's)

1. The colour magenta.

Adjective

magenta (comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

1. magenta-coloured.

Declension

Declension of magenta

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		magenta	—
neuter singular	indefinite	magenta	—
	definite	magenta	—	—	—
common singular		magenta	—	—	—
plural		magenta	—	—	—
partitive		magenta's	—

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Italian

Adjective

magenta inv.

1. magenta

Noun

magenta m. inv.

1. magenta

Anagrams

• magnate