Purplish red color evoked by lights with less power in yellowish-green wavelengths than in blue and red wavelengths (complements of magenta have wavelength 500–530 nm).
Of deep purplish red.
a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
deep purplish red
a battle in 1859 in which the Franco-Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
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
