magenta
A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive…A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
» It's too bright to be magenta.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
Magenta
мадже́нтаmadžénta, пу́рпу́рный цветpúrpúrnyj cvet
пу́рпурнийpúrpurnyj
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
Examples
10 sentencesIt's too bright to be magenta.
Tom's shirt has magenta stripes on it.
It's nowhere near magenta, it's too bright.
The colour of the flower is magenta.
deDie Farbe der Blume ist magenta.
My pants are magenta.
ruМои штаны пурпурного цвета.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-ItalianBorrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
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Forms
plural: magentasSynonyms
3 synonyms- a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I:Battle of Magenta
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable