magenta Definition
ma·genta (mə jen′tə)
noun
- fuchsin
- purplish red
Etymology: after Magenta, town in Italy: so called because discovered about the time (1859) of the battle fought there
adjective
purplish-red
magenta Synonyms
magenta Usage Examples
Converse of object
- appear: This causes it to appear magenta in color to the human eye.
- make: But one said you need warm and cold of each to make most of the colors but that you can't make magenta.
Preposition: in
color: They are dark pink to magenta in color with 5 to 7 petals.
Adjective modifier
- light: The real deal maker is how much light magenta you can dial in to get the green out.
- bright: In the presence of even small amounts of an aldehyde, it turns bright magenta.
- deep: When you crush the flowers and buds, they leave a magnificent deep magenta stain.
- cyan: The colors are black, yellow, light cyan, cyan, light magenta and magenta.
Modifies a noun
- ink: Six separate ink tanks house the printer's cyan, magenta, yellow, black and photo cyan and photo magenta inks.
- flower: All forms have a magenta flower with lighter margins.
- cast: The " magenta cast " is not a hardware printer issue.
- box: The magenta boxes have been rejected due to this criteria.
- color: Although it's a black and white print, there is a sepia, magenta color coming through.
- bar: Please use the facility on the magenta bar at the foot of this page to send us your e-mail address.
Noun used with modifier
Browse dictionary entries near magenta
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- ‹ Magdalena
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