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[ UK /mədʒˈɛntɐ/ ]
[ UK /mədʒˈɛntɐ/ ]
NOUN
- 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
ADJECTIVE
- of deep purplish red
How To Use magenta In A Sentence
- _Phyllocactus_ in having the branches dilated into the form of fleshy leaves, but differ in haying them divided into short truncate leaf-like portions, which are articulated, that is to say, provided with a joint by which they separate spontaneously; the margins are crenate or dentate, and the flowers, which are large and showy, magenta or crimson, appear at the apex of the terminal joints. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
- The flowers are a deep magenta, both richer and brighter than red campion found elsewhere, and they stand bold and beautiful against the blue of the sea beyond. Country diary
- Furniture includes chairs and couches upholstered in amber, magenta, and burgundy.
- Magenta is associated with passion and sexuality.
- A gorgeous, old gallica rose with fully double-yet-flat, deep magenta-pink flowers. Times, Sunday Times
- Because of its strong enhancing effect it leaves a noticeable magenta colour bias in the more neutral hues or tones (the whites and greys).
- After the true end-point is reached, the further addition of about 0.5 c.c. of the decinormal soda solution will produce a deep magenta colour (Fig. 98, c), which is the so-called "end-point" of the American Committee of Bacteriologists. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.
- Most photoprinters are actually inkjet printers that offer six-colour printing by adding light cyan and light magenta to the usual cyan, magenta, yellow and black.
- I wrote my first story at age 3 in magenta crayon on green-bar computer paper! “When Did You Know…?” at SF Novelists
- Mesa table-mountains and free-standing buttes flashed by, chocolate-coloured and beige, magenta and orange.