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 ;

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 ;

1. (

• magenta

) of deep purplish red ;