magenta

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1. magenta - Noun

2. magenta - Adjective

3. magenta - Adjective Satellite

4. Magenta - Proper noun

Meaning

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. Called also fuchsine, roseine, etc.

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What view the bill-sticker and sandwich man take of the subject I have yet to learn. The first is, at least, no bad substitute for a hanging committee, and the clothes of the second are better company than somebody else's picture, and less obtrusive than a background of stamped magenta paper. Aubrey Beardsley

I'm having a magenta day. Not just red, but magenta! Stephen King

McMahon up the street of Paris came, In triumph from Magenta. Every one Had heard and praised the fearless marshal's name, And gloried in the deeds that he had done. Crowds packed the walks, and at each separate glass A face was set to see the hero pass. Henry Abbey

My family could only afford to get me the box of eight Crayola crayons, but I craved the one with all 24 colours. I wanted magenta and turquoise and silver and gold. Joni Mitchell

Area enclosed between a parabola and a chord Parabola (magenta) and line (lower light blue) including a chord (blue). Source: Internet

Because magenta is the complementary color of green, magenta flowers have the highest contrast with the green foliage, and therefore are more visible to the insects needed for their pollination. Source: Internet

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