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Mauve

Mauve Meaning & Definition
Mauve Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mauve?

[n] a moderate purple
[adj] of a pale to moderate grayish violet color

Synonyms | Synonyms for Mauve: chromatic

Related Terms | Find terms related to Mauve: amethystine | lavender | lilac | livid | magenta | mulberry | orchid | pansy-purple | plum-colored | plum-purple | purple | purplescent | purplish | purply | purpurate | purpure | purpureal | purpurean | purpureous | raisin-colored | violaceous | violet

See Also | empurpled | purple | purpleness

Mauve In Webster's Dictionary

\Mauve\, n. [F., mallow, L. malva. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris. See {Mallow}.] A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. {Mauve aniline} (Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation of commercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauve["i]ne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also {aniline purple}, {violine}, etc.

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