From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmagentama‧gen‧ta /məˈdʒentə/ noun [uncountable] CCa dark reddish purple colour —magenta adjective
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magenta• So yellow and cyan produces green, and yellow and magenta produces red.• Primary colours cyan, magenta and yellow.• One contains black ink; the other contains cyan, magenta and yellow.• The three parts carry either cyan, magenta and yellow ink or red, green and blue ink.• The white woman picked a branch of magenta bougainvillea flowers and put them in a glass on the table.• A shiver of magenta vibrates a yellow aureole of wall, dark teal scribbles a cloud of gray-blue floor.• He found hubcaps.-He repainted the car a pretty magenta.• Although it is summer, she is wearing magenta stockings and black shoes with delicate straps.Origin magenta (1800-1900) Magenta, town in Italy where the substance the color is made from was discovered 