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# magenta

noun (magenta, uncountable); adjective (magenta)

«magenta» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Magenta is a bright purplish-red or pinkish-purple colour. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#m1)
2. (science, printing) Magenta is one of the main colours of printer ink, with cyan, yellow and black (CMYK). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#m2)

### In the lessons

In art and computing lessons it is used in colour mixing: in light, red + blue light make magenta; in printing, magenta ink is a primary colour. It is named after the town of Magenta in Italy, where a battle took place in 1859, the year the dye was discovered. Phrases: «magenta ink», «bright magenta».

### Examples

- She painted the flowers bright magenta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x1)
- The printer needs a new magenta cartridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x2)
- Red and blue light together make magenta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x3)
- My new scarf is magenta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x4)
- Mixing magenta and yellow ink makes red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x5)
- The sunset sky was streaked with magenta. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/#x6)

### Note

Uncountable when it is the colour name. Pronounced «muh-JEN-tuh». Interesting fact: there is no single wavelength of light for magenta; our brains make it when we see red and blue light together. Similar: fuchsia, pink, purple.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «magenta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/magenta/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«magenta» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/magenta.html) on Mova free.