magenta

Pronunciation: /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/

The English word “magenta” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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.

adjective

Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Etymology

Borrowed 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.…

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