Magenta vs. Red

Magentanoun

A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

Magentaadjective

having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Magentanoun

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, roseïne, etc.

Magentanoun

The purplish-red color of magenta.

Magentanoun

a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

Magentanoun

a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

Magentaadjective

deep purplish red

Magentanoun

a light mauvish-crimson which is one of the primary subtractive colours, complementary to green

Magentanoun

the dye fuchsin.

Magenta

Magenta () is a color that is variously defined as purplish-red, reddish-purple or mauvish-crimson. On color wheels of the RGB (additive) and CMY (subtractive) color models, it is located exactly midway between red and blue.

Redadjective

Having red as its color.

Redadjective

(of hair) Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.

Redadjective

Of the hearts or diamonds suits. Compare of the spades or clubs suits

Redadjective

Supportive of, related to, or dominated by a political party or movement represented by the color red:

Redadjective

the U.S. Republican party

Redadjective

Left-wing parties and movements, chiefly socialist or communist, including the U.K. Labour party and the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Redadjective

Amerind; relating to Amerindians or First Nations

Redadjective

(astronomy) Of the lower-frequency region of the (typically visible) part of the electromagnetic spectrum which is relevant in the specific observation.

Redadjective

(particle physics) Having a color charge of red.

Rednoun

Any of a range of colours having the longest wavelengths, 670 nm, of the visible spectrum; a primary additive colour for transmitted light: the colour obtained by subtracting green and blue from white light using magenta and yellow filters; the colour of blood, ripe strawberries, etc.

Rednoun

(countable) A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; usually capitalized a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Rednoun

One of the 15 red balls used in snooker, distinguished from the colours.

Rednoun

Red wine.

Rednoun

A redshank.

Rednoun

An Amerind.

Rednoun

(slang) The drug secobarbital; a capsule of this drug.

Rednoun

(informal) A red light a traffic signal

Rednoun

red lemonade

Rednoun

(particle physics) One of the three color charges for quarks.

Rednoun

chili con carne (usually in the phrase "bowl of red")

Redverb

(archaic) rede

Red

imp. & p. p. of Read.

Redverb

To put on order; to make tidy; also, to free from entanglement or embarrassement; - generally with up; as, to red up a house.

Redadjective

Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color; of the hue of that part of the rainbow, or of the solar spectrum, which is furthest from the violet part.

Rednoun

The color of blood, or of that part of the spectrum farthest from violet, or a tint resembling these.

Rednoun

A red pigment.

Rednoun

An abbreviation for Red Republican. See under Red, a.

Rednoun

The menses.

Rednoun

the quality or state of the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

Rednoun

a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana

Rednoun

emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

Rednoun

the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue;

Redadjective

having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

Redadjective

characterized by violence or bloodshed;

Redadjective

(especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion;

Redadjective

red with or characterized by blood;

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–740 nanometres.