| 词汇 | magenta |
| 词源 | magenta. This red-purple dye was synthesized by French chemists in 1859, just after Napoleon had defeated the Austri- ans at Magenta in Italy. The reddish dye and its color were named in honor of the battle, because there was so much blood spilled there. Magenta, the place, had been named for a would- be emperor of Rome, General Maxentius, who in 306 had es- tablished a camp there called Castra Maxentia, “Maxentius’s camp,” which came to be called simply Magenta. |
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