magenta

Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, sometime after the colour was named after the town to celebrate the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859; possibly in reference to the colour of the uniforms worn by Zouave French troops there. The town's name derives from Latin castrum Maxentiae (“castle of Maxentius”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /məˈd͡ʒɛnʈa/, (mainly Tanglish, also) /-t̪a/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

1. A color which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and blue light.

   web magenta (additive magenta):  

   printer's magenta (subtractive magenta):  

   Prismacolor magenta:  

   • 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154:

     Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!"

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

1. Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
red	orange	yellow	green	blue (incl.      indigo;              cyan, teal, turquoise)	purple / violet
pink (including          magenta)	brown		white	gray/grey	black

• magnate, name tag, gateman, amagent, nametag

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈʒen.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈd͡ʒen.ta]

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magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

From Italian Magenta.

• IPA^(key): [maˈɡɛnta]

magenta c (singular definite magentaen, not used in plural form)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

• purpur

magenta (indeclinable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød, mørkerød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime, lysegrøn	grøn, mørkegrøn	mintgrøn
cyan; turkis, lyseblå	azurblå, himmelblå	blå, mørkeblå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød, rosa

• “magenta” in Den Danske Ordbog

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• IPA^(key): /maːˈɣɛntaː/
• IPA^(key): /maːˈdʒɛntaː/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta n (plural magenta's)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable, comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Declension of magenta
uninflected	magenta
inflected	magenta
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		magenta
indefinite	m./f. sing.	magenta
	n. sing.	magenta
	plural	magenta
definite		magenta
partitive		magenta's

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)

wit	grijs	zwart
rood; karmijnrood	oranje; bruin	geel; roomwit
groengeel/limoengroen	groen
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw	azuurblauw	blauw
violet; indigo	magenta; paars	roze

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡenta/
• Rhymes: -enta
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta (accusative singular magentan, plural magentaj, accusative plural magentajn)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

From English magenta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɡentɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡe̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡentɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧gen‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧gen‧ta

magenta

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Finnish · värit (layout · text)

valkoinen	harmaa	musta
punainen; verenpunainen	oranssi; ruskea	keltainen; kermankeltainen, kermanvalkoinen
limetinvihreä	vihreä	mintunvihreä, minttu; tummanvihreä
syaani; sinivihreä	taivaansininen, asuuri	sininen
violetti; indigosini, indigo	magenta; purppura	vaaleanpunainen, pinkki

• “magenta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɑ̃.ta/, /ma.ʒɛ̃.ta/

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magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi, carmin	orange; brun, marron	jaune; crème
lime	vert	menthe
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard	azur, bleu ciel	bleu
violet, lilas; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

• “magenta”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

magenta f (plural magentas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of maxenta

magenta m or f (plural magentas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of maxenta

• “magenta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• IPA^(key): /maˈd͡ʒɛn.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛnta
• Hyphenation: ma‧gèn‧ta

magenta m (invariable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour/color)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour/color)

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

• magnate, tamagne

Borrowed from English magenta.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡɛn.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnta
• Syllabification: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta f

1. magenta (pinkish purple color)

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)

biały	szary	czarny
czerwony; karmazyn	pomarańczowy; brązowy	żółty; beżowy
limonkowy	zielony	miętowy; ciemnozielony
cyjan; morski	błękitny	niebieski
fuksja; indygo	magenta; purpurowy	różowy

• magenta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta m (plural magentas)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-bebê / azul-bebé, azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• “magenta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “magenta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from French magenta.

magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta

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• IPA^(key): /maˈxenta/ [maˈxẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “magenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• magnate

magenta c

1. magenta (dye and color)

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

• magenta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• magenta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• magenta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)