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magenta

ma·gen·ta
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [muh-jen-tuh]
    • /məˈdʒɛn tə/
    • /məˈdʒen.tə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [muh-jen-tuh]
    • /məˈdʒɛn tə/

Definitions of magenta word

  • noun magenta a town in N Italy, W of Milan: the French and Sardinians defeated the Austrians here 1859. 1
  • noun magenta A light purplish red that is one of the primary subtractive colors, complementary to green. 1
  • noun magenta reddish-purple colour 1
  • adjective magenta reddish purple in colour 1
  • colour magenta Magenta is used to describe things that are dark reddish-purple in colour. 0
  • noun magenta a deep purplish red that is the complementary colour of green and, with yellow and cyan, forms a set of primary colours 0
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Parts of speech for Magenta

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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magenta popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for magenta

noun magenta

  • color — the sensation resulting from stimulation of the retina of the eye by light waves of certain lengths
  • mauve — a pale bluish purple.
  • plum — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
  • amaranthine — of a dark reddish-purple colour
  • lilac — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Syringa, of the olive family, as S. vulgaris, having large clusters of fragrant purple or white flowers: the state flower of New Hampshire.

adjective magenta

  • reddish — somewhat red; tending to red; tinged with red.
  • rose-colored — of rose color; rosy.
All 62 Synonyms of magenta

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Related words

  • fuchsin

    a greenish, water-soluble, solid, coal-tar derivative, obtained by the oxidation of a mixture of aniline and the toluidines, that forms deep-red solutions: used chiefly as a dye.

  • dye transfer

    a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.

  • four-color

    noting or pertaining to a process for reproducing colored illustrations in a close approximation to their original hues by photographing the artwork successively through magenta, cyan, and yellow color-absorbing filters to produce four plates that are printed successively with yellow, red, blue, and black inks.

  • macmahon

    Marie Edmé Patrice Maurice [ma-ree ed-mey pa-trees moh-rees] /maˈri ˈɛd meɪ paˈtris moʊˈris/ (Show IPA), Count de (Duke of Magenta) 1808–93, president of France 1873–79.

  • pride-of-california

    a shrubby plant, Lathyrus splendens, of the legume family, native to southern California, having showy clusters of pale rose-pink, violet, or magenta flowers and large, smooth, beaked pods.
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