Synonyms for Magenta (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta):
fuchsia
WordNet sense 2 (a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I):
Battle of Magenta
WordNet sense 3 (being or having or characterized by hue):
chromatic
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