a town in Northern Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named
A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing
One of the subtractive primary colors Magenta absorbs all green light, reflecting red and blue
One of the subtractive primaries the hue of which is used for one of the 4 color process inks It reflects blue and red light and absorbs green light Often confused with the additive primary color or red, especially when requesting color corrections
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I deep purplish red
One of the process ink colors for printing Pure magenta is the "greenless" color; it absorbs all wavelengths of green from light and reflects all red and blue wavelengths
Purplish color; complementary to green or the minus-green subtractive primary used in the three-color process Magenta light results when red and blue light overlap
Magenta is used to describe things that are dark reddish-purple in colour. a dark reddish purple colour (Magenta, town in Italy where the substance the color is made from was discovered)
One of the four process colors, CMYK, with M standing for magenta Magenta is a predominately red color with some blue Magenta, together with cyan and yellow, is also one of the three subtractive primary colors See also: process colors, subtractive primaries
An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered
(June 4, 1859) Battle fought during the Franco-Piedmontese war against the Austrians (second War of Italian Independence) in Lombardy, northern Italy. The narrow French victory over the Austrians was an important step toward Italian independence, leading many districts and cities to throw off Austrian rule and join the cause of Italian unity