How do you use the word "magenta" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "magenta": Magenta is the best color in the world! Tom's shirt has magenta stripes on it.

Magenta Meaning

/məˈd͡ʒɛntə/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.

adjHaving the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Sentence Examples

Magenta is the best color in the world!

Tom's shirt has magenta stripes on it.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

chromatic

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

When she mixed red and blue acrylic paints, she obtained a bright ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The artist used a vibrant ____ to paint the flowers, which made the entire painting look more lively today.

Word Origin & History

Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!"" — 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154:

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