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Definition of: magenta
(mə·jen′tə) noun
1. A somewhat glaring red coal-tar dyestuff derived from aniline: also called aniline red and fuchsia.
2. The color given by the pigment, a strong purplish-rose or purplish-red. [from Magenta; so called because discovered just after the French victory (1859)]
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