means A vivid purplish-red color, sitting between red and blue on the color wheel and a staple of printing ink and screen displays.

from Named after the 1859 Battle of Magenta in northern Italy, near the town of Magenta. The bright dye was newly discovered around the same time, and the name—possibly chosen to commemorate the bloody battle or simply riding its fame—stuck. The town's own name traces back to the Roman general Marcus Maxentius.