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What does magentas mean?

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Noun Plural: magentas
magenta - a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
		Battle of Magenta
magenta - 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
		purplish-red, purplish red a red with a tinge of purple
Adjective
magenta - of deep purplish red
		chromatic being or having or characterized by hue

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magenta (Noun)
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.
magenta (Adjective)
Having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

magenta (n.)
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.

magenta
Purplish red color evoked by lights with less power in yellowish-green wavelengths than in blue and red wavelengths (complements of magenta have wavelength 500–530 nm).
magenta
Of deep purplish red.

magenta
A town of Italy, in Lombardy, 15 miles west from Milan. A great battle was fought here in June, 1859, between the French and Austrians, in which the latter were defeated. The French were commanded by Gen. MacMahon, who received the title of Duke of Magenta.

Magenta is a color in between pink and purple. Sometimes it is confused with pink or purple. In terms of the HSV color wheel, it is the color halfway between red and blue and is composed equally of red and blue (50% red and 50% blue). Another name for "magenta" is fuchsia, named after the fuchsia flower.

This color is one of the three colors of ink used by an inkjet printer, along with cyan and yellow.

Meaning of magenta.

Like the colors red, pink, and rose, one might use this color to express love because along with those other three colors, it is used to represent Valentine's Day.

Many women like to wear clothing in shades of magenta because it is an attractive and vibrant color.

Shades of fuchsia color comparison chart.

Although magenta and fuchisa are the same color, the chart below (the colors displayed on which are also shown in the magenta color chart above) shows those shades of magenta which are specifically named fuchsia.