Magenta vs. Pink

Difference Between Magenta and Pink

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.

Pinknoun

(regional) The common minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus}.

Magentaadjective

having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Pinknoun

(regional) A young Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, before it becomes a smolt; a parr.

Magentanoun

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

Pinknoun

A narrow boat.

Magentanoun

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

Pinknoun

A stab.

Magentaadjective

deep purplish red

Pinknoun

Any of various flowers in the genus Dianthus, sometimes called carnations.

This garden in particular has a beautiful bed of pinks.

Pinknoun

(dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the embodiment of some quality.

Your hat, madam, is the very pink of fashion.

Pinknoun

The colour of this flower, between red and white; pale red.

My new dress is a wonderful shade of pink.

Pinknoun

Hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters.

Pinknoun

(snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 6 points.

Oh dear, he's left himself snookered behind the pink.

Pinknoun

(slang) An unlettered and uncultured, but relatively prosperous, member of the middle classes; compare babbitt, bourgeoisie.

Pinkverb

To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by scalloping the fringe.

Pinkverb

To prick with a sword.

Pinkverb

To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.

Pinkverb

To choose; to cull; to pick out.

Pinkverb

(transitive) To turn (a topaz or other gemstone) pink by the application of heat; (more generally) to turn something pink.

Pinkverb

(of a motor car) To emit a high "pinking" noise, usually as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark ignition engine).

Pinkverb

(obsolete) To wink; to blink.

Pinkadjective

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Pinkadjective

Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.

Pinkadjective

Having conjunctivitis.

Pinkadjective

(obsolete) By comparison to red (communist), describing someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.