1. A primary subtractive colour for light; a dark purple-red colour; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
   "The designer used magenta accents to add vibrancy to the otherwise neutral colour scheme"

1. Of deep purplish red
   "The magenta flowers stood out in the garden"

1. A battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
   - Battle of Magenta

Derived forms: magentas

See also: chromatic

Type of: pitched battle, purplish red, purplish-red

Encyclopedia: Magenta, Lombardy