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magentas Definition


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magenta
adj
    1. Dark, purplish-red in colour.
noun magentas
    1. A purplish-red colour.
    2. An aniline dye of this colour.
    3. fuchsine.
Etymology: 1860s: named after Magenta, an Italian town which in 1859 (shortly before the discovery of this blood-red dye) was the scene of a bloody battle.



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