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magenta

magenta

12 3.9
A deep purplish red color used in printing
  • noun
  • /məˈdʒɛntə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : magenta
  • All you can really see is cyan, magenta and yellow.
  • magenta and cyan
  • magenta and yellow
  • magenta dye

I kind of dig the blue, but let's go with magenta.

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Examples

  • I mean, this could be absolutely just stand out, knock your eyes out magenta if you want it to be.

  • But for mixing paints, I find that you get the best methods by using cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

  • I think it's magenta, cyan, and something else.

  • The globe on the Staff had changed from a deep, almost magenta red to orange flame.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The sky, a dark orange and magenta, illuminates the room through the window.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Big magenta color doors.

  • Her normally spiked magenta hair was smoothed down, presumably for the occasion.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Like the Shevvingtons, most people on the slopes wore dark fashion colors: magenta, jade, or navy.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • This is by airglass and it's called radiant magenta, and I'm just going to apply a bit of a whisper of it here.

  • The artist chose a vibrant magenta paint to bring the canvas to life.

Synonyms

crimson-magenta
vsmagenta
7.4

A deep red with a purple tint

is the standard primary purplish red rather than a redder tinted variety

Compounds

A battle in 1859 where French and Sardinian forces defeat the Austrians

A deep red with a purple tint

A bright pink color with a purple tone

How Deep

burgundy
21 4.9
magenta
  • Specialized
12 3.9
pink
43 1.0
pink-tinged
1 3.5

Surface Forms

magenta singular
magentas plural

Etymology

The word magenta comes from the name of the town Magenta in Italy, where a bright red dye was named after a battle in 1859. That dye became a standard printing color, so magenta is the strong 'purplish-red' used as one of the main colors in printing.