magentabright reddish purple bright/light/deep/dark magenta to colour/paint/dye sth magenta to turn sth/make sth magenta ink dye The 500C has two ink cartridges permanently installed ; a black one and a tri-colour one , containing cyan , yellow and magenta inks . Proposals for a merger of interests in the Medlock patent with the French company Reynard Frères -- in an attempt to satisfy demand for the magenta dye -- were unsuccessful . the primary colourThe subtractive primary colours of yellow , cyan and magenta can be mixed to produce the ( additive ) primaries red , green and blue . The leaves are a brilliant magenta on top and chartreuse underneath , even when very young . And indeed when she reached the parish church she received a moment of instant gratification at the sight of her dear friend Lizzie Braithwaite looking far from her best in a regal but positively strident magenta . wearing magenta available in magenta she likes magenta a shade of magenta a rich/warm/ brilliant magenta a darker/lighter magenta