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magenta Definition

ma·genta (mə jen)

noun

  1. fuchsin
  2. 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

n.

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

  • percent: Using the Custom Fountain options, set the position 0 color marker to white and the position 100 marker to 100 percent magenta.
  • photo: It contains the photo magenta, photo cyan and black inks combined.

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