magenta : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: magenta	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for magenta
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
magenta adj of deep purplish red n 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 a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I Synonym(s): Magenta, Battle of Magenta
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magenta \Ma*gen"ta\, n. (Chem.) 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}, {rose[8b]ne}, etc.