Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun magenta

2 senses of magenta

Sense 1
magenta -- (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)
       => purplish red, purplish-red -- (a red with a tinge of purple)

Sense 2
Magenta, Battle of Magenta -- (a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I)
       INSTANCE OF=> pitched battle -- (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Antonyms of adj magenta

1 sense of magenta

Sense 1
magenta -- (of deep purplish red)

INDIRECT (VIA chromatic) -> achromatic, neutral -- (having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white")

Similarity of adj magenta

1 sense of magenta

Sense 1
magenta -- (of deep purplish red)
       => chromatic (vs. achromatic) -- (being or having or characterized by hue)