Definitions for: Mauve

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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: chromatic

See Also: empurpled, purple, purpleness

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