2009年2月18日 星期三

magenta, fuchsia, solferino

fuch・sia


━━ n. フクシヤ, ツリウキソウ; 紫紅色.

magenta

Meaning #1: a dark purple-red; the dye was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Synonym: fuchsia


The adjective magenta has one meaning:

Meaning #1: deep purplish red 絳紅



solferino
n.

A moderate purplish red.

[After Solferino, a village of northern Italy, from the discovery of a dye of this color in the same year that a battle was fought there (1859).]


The noun solferino has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a battle was fought at Solferino
Synonym: purplish pink 品紅 洋紅 鮮紫紅色

品紅
一種顏料。為綠色結晶體,有金屬光澤,易溶於水,呈深紅色,可製染料。

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