Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Solferino \Sol`fe*ri"no\, n.
   A brilliant deep pink color with a purplish tinge, one of the
   dyes derived from aniline; -- so called from Solferino in
   Italy, where a battle was fought about the time of its
   discovery.

Source : WordNet®

solferino
     n 1: a purplish pink dye was discovered in 1859, the year a
          battle was fought at Solferino [syn: {purplish pink}]
     2: an indecisive battle in 1859 between the French and
        Sardinians under Napoleon III and the Austrians under
        Francis Joseph I [syn: {battle of Solferino}]