magentas
Saymuh-JEN-tuhz/məˈd͡ʒɛntəz/
- 1Plural of magenta.
The designer compared three magentas before choosing one for the brand logo.
Printed magentas often drift toward purple under fluorescent lighting.
Note
A plural that exists only because the color can be counted. As a mass noun, magenta takes no plural (a splash of magenta). As a countable noun it names particular shades, inks or dyes, so a designer can weigh several magentas. The color's name comes from the Battle of Magenta, fought at the Lombardy town of that name.
magentas is a form of magenta
magenta, noun: A purplish-red color produced by combining red and blue light in roughly equal parts, sitting between the two. Full entry
- Forms
- magentamagentas plural
- Spelling
- magenta → magentas: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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