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magentas

magentas is the plural of magenta.

Meaning of magenta

Noun

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    fuchsia, fuchsine

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Questions about magentas

What is magentas the plural of?
Magentas is the plural of magenta.

Words near magentas in the dictionary

  1. magenstrasse
  2. magenta
  3. magenta box
  4. magenta boxes
  5. magentaish
  6. magentas
  7. mageocracies
  8. mageocracy
  9. Mager
  10. mageries
  11. Magers

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