magenta

A purplish red, one of the subtractive primary colors.

A rich and somewhat glaring red pigment. Also called aniline red and fuchsin.

The color given by the pigment.

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 fuchsin, fuchsine, roseïne, etc.

The purplish-red color of magenta.

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.

having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

of deep purplish red