# magenta

Pronunciation: US say "muh-JEN-tuh" /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/; UK

## Noun

1. A purplish-red color produced by combining red and blue light in roughly equal parts, sitting between the two.
   - Simple: A bright pinkish-purple color made by mixing red and blue light.
   - _Graphic designers often reach for magenta to make a logo stand out._
   - _The printer was out of magenta, so every photo looked washed out._

## Adjective

2. Having a vivid purplish-pink color, like fuchsia or light purple.
   - Simple: Having a bright pinkish-purple color, like fuchsia flowers.
   - _The designer chose a bold magenta backdrop for the runway._
   - _Her magenta scarf brightened the gray outfit._

## Origin

English borrowed magenta from French magenta, from Italian Magenta. The color was named after the town of Magenta sometime after the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859, possibly in reference to the color of the uniforms worn by Zouave French troops there. The town's name comes from Latin castrum Maxentiae ("castle of Maxentius").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/magenta (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).