That's Interesting..

The Battle of Magenta by Adolphe Yvon

The color magenta was named after a 1859 battle in Magenta -- a town near Milan in northern Italy. The color was "discovered" that year, and was compared to the hue of the blood-soaked ground in the battle's aftermath.


In more recent times, T-mobile has been attempting to copyright the color magenta in the Netherlands as it's used in the company's logo. Free Magenta websites have popped up protest the copyrighting of a color.