Magenta Meaning

There are 3 meaning(s) for word Magenta

Meaning 1 : a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

    Synonyms : battle of magenta
Meaning 2 : 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

Meaning 3 : of deep purplish red