Magenta is a dark reddish-purple colour — strong pink-purple, not quite red and not quite purple. Printers use it as one of their main inks, so you will see the name on a printer when that colour runs out. Clothes, flowers, and makeup use it too.

Magenta洋紅色 is a dark reddish-purple colour是一種深沉的紅紫色 — strong pink-purple濃烈的桃紫色, not quite red and not quite purple不完全是紅色，也不完全是紫色。Printers印表機 use it as one of their main inks會把它當作主要油墨之一, so you will see the name on a printer所以那個顏色用完時 when that colour runs out你會在印表機上看到這個名字。Clothes, flowers, and makeup衣服、花朵和化妝品 use it too也都會用到這個顏色。

The colour-word is quite new. In 1859 a French chemist made a bright dye, and people named the colour after a battle that same year at the town of Magenta in northern Italy.

The colour-word這個顏色名詞 is quite new其實相當新。In 1859在1859年, a French chemist made a bright dye一位法國化學家做出一種鮮豔的染料, and people named the colour after a battle that same year at the town of Magenta in northern Italy人們就用義大利北部馬振塔（Magenta）小鎮同一年發生的一場戰役，為這個顏色命名。

Though actually, the town’s own name is much older: it comes from a Latin camp named after the emperor Maxentius. So the place-name is ancient, but the colour-name is only about a hundred and sixty years old.

Though actually不過其實, the town's own name is much older這個小鎮自己的名字古老得多: it comes from a Latin camp它源自一個拉丁文的軍營名稱, named after the emperor Maxentius是以皇帝馬克森提烏斯（Maxentius）命名的。So所以, the place-name is ancient地名很古老, but the colour-name is only about a hundred and sixty years old但顏色的名字只有大約一百六十年的歷史。