Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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["i]ne}, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
magenta
adj : deep purplish red
n 1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year
of the battle of Magenta [syn: {fuchsia}]
2: a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces
under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis
Joseph I [syn: {Magenta}, {battle of Magenta}]
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