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 ma·gen·ta /məˈʤɛntə/
 紅紫色,洋紅

 ma·gen·ta /məˈʤɛntə/ 名詞

 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 fuchsin, fuchsine, roseine, etc.
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 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: Battle of Magenta]