Meanings
magenta1
plural magentas
- countableuncountableA color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!"
1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154
comparative more magenta · superlative most magenta
- Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Magenta2
- A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof deep purplish red
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- LatinCastra Maxentia“the camp named Maxentia”
- ItalianMagenta
- Frenchmagenta
- Englishmagenta
Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
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Arabic أَرْجُوَانِيّ, مَاجِنْتِيّ
- أَرْجُوَانِيّ (ʔarjuwāniyy)color
- مَاجِنْتِيّ (mājintiyy)color
Bulgarian пу́рпурен цвят, пу́рпурен
- пу́рпурен цвят (púrpuren cvjat)color
- пу́рпурен (púrpuren)color
Catalan magenta
- magentacolor
Chinese Mandarin 品紅 /品红
- 品紅 /品红 (pǐnhóng)color
Czech nachový
- nachovýcolor
Dutch magenta
- magentacolor
Esperanto malva
- malvacolor
Finnish aniliininpunainen, magenta
- aniliininpunainencolor
- magentacolor
French magenta
- magentacolor
German Magenta
- Magentacolor
Greek ματζέντα
- ματζέντα (matzénta)color
Hebrew מָגֶ׳נְטָה
- מָגֶ׳נְטָה (madjénta)color
Hindi मैजेंटा, मैजंटा
- मैजेंटा (maijẽṭā)color
- मैजंटा (maijaṇṭā)color
Hungarian bíborvörös
- bíborvöröscolor
Irish maigeanta
- maigeantacolor
Italian magenta, magenta
- magentacolor
- magentacolor
Japanese 赤紫, マジェンタ
- 赤紫 (akamurasaki)color
- マジェンタ (majenta)color
- マゼンタ (mazenta)color
Korean 자홍색, 마젠타색
- 자홍색 (jahongsaek)color
- 마젠타색 (majentasaek)color
Latin rubropurpureus
- rubropurpureuscolor
Malay magenta, merah lembayung
- magentacolor
- merah lembayungcolor
- merah tuacolor
Māori mākurakura
- mākurakuracolor
Persian سرخابی سیر
- سرخابی سیر (sorxâbi sir)color
Polish magenta, magenta
- magentacolor
- magentacolor
Portuguese magenta
- magentacolor
Romanian mov
- movcolor
Russian мадже́нта, пу́рпу́рный цвет
- мадже́нта (madžénta)color
- пу́рпу́рный цвет (púrpúrnyj cvet)color
- пу́рпу́рный (púrpúrnyj)color
- сире́невый (sirénevyj)color
- фукси́новый (fuksínovyj)color
- мадже́нтовый (madžéntovyj)color
Spanish magenta
- magentacolor
Tamil சென்னீலம்
- சென்னீலம் (ceṉṉīlam)color
Thai สีม่วงแดง
- สีม่วงแดง (sĕe mûang-daeng)color
Turkish fuşya, galibarda
- fuşyacolor
- galibardacolor
Ukrainian пу́рпурний, пу́рпурний
- пу́рпурний (púrpurnyj)color
- пу́рпурний (púrpurnyj)color
Urdu میجنٹا
- میجنٹا (maijaṇṭā)color
Vietnamese màu đỏ sậm
- màu đỏ sậmcolor
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Cite this entry
magenta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magenta
“magenta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/magenta. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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