magenta
Syllables: ma·gen·ta/məˈd͡ʒɛntə/
magenta 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.
Noun
magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)
- 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.
- Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!"1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154
Adjective
magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)
- Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Proper noun capitalized: Magenta
Magenta
- A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
- A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France, named after the Battle of Magenta.
- A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
magenta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
magenta in Hindi
- color
- मैजेंटा maijẽṭā, मैजंटा maijaṇṭā
magenta in Tamil
- color
- சென்னீலம் ceṉṉīlam
magenta in Marathi
- मॅजेंटा, मॅजेन्टा, मेजेन्टा
magenta in Urdu
- color
- میجنٹا maijaṇṭā
More languagesFewer languages
- magenta in Bengali
- ম্যাজেন্টা mêjenṭa
- magenta in Telugu
- మాజెంటా mājeṇṭā
- magenta in Malayalam
- മജെന്റ majenṟa, മജന്ത majanta
- magenta in Kannada
- ಕಡುಗೆಂಪು, ಕೆನ್ನೇರಿಳೆ, ಕೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಂಪು
- magenta in Punjabi
- ਮੈਜੇਂਟਾ, ਮੈਜੈਂਟਾ, ਮੈਜੈੰਟਾ
- magenta in Gujarati
- મેજેન્ટા, મેજેંટા
- magenta in Odia
- ମେଜେଣ୍ଟା, ମ୍ଯ଼ାଜେଣ୍ଟା, ମ୍ଯ଼ାଜେନ୍ଟା
- magenta in Nepali
- मजेन्टा majenṭā
- magenta in Arabic
- أَرْجُوَانِيّ ʔarjuwāniyy, مَاجِنْتِيّ mājintiyy
- magenta in Malay
- magenta, merah lembayung, merah tua
- magenta in Persian
- سرخابی سیر sorxâbi sir
- magenta in Thai
- สีม่วงแดง sĕe mûang-daeng
- magenta in Vietnamese
- màu đỏ sậm
Examples of magenta in a sentence
- For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
- Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colours.
- Magenta, yellow and cyan are subtractive primary colors.
Synonyms of magenta
Forms of magenta
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | magentas |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more magenta |
| superlative | most magenta |
Origin of magenta
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. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
Words formed from magenta
Phrases with magenta
Questions about magenta
- What does magenta mean?
- Magenta means 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.
- What is magenta in Hindi?
- Magenta in Hindi is मैजेंटा (maijẽṭā), मैजंटा (maijaṇṭā). See Magenta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is magenta?
- Magenta can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce magenta?
- Magenta is pronounced /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of magenta?
- The plural of magenta is magentas.
Words near magenta in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: magenta (page history and authors); Magenta (page history and authors); magenta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ম্যাজেন্টা (Bengali) (page history and authors); മജന്ത (Malayalam) (page history and authors); magenta (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); magenta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magenta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); magenta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); मजेन्टा (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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