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🟣 A pale purple 🟣 Pale purple color
mauve

mauve

10 5.8
A pale purple color with a slight pink or blue tint
  • noun
  • /moʊv/
: malva
  • There were dark circles under her eyes that almost perfectly matched the mauve of her silk shirt.
  • mauve colonies

But this one is a beautiful mauve that gives your cheeks enough glow.

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Examples

  • This is like a beautiful mauve taupe color.

  • The water reflected the dusky mauve of the sky, the hulks of the nearby islands.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • You told me to wear mauve and pink.

    Surviving Picasso (1996)

  • My mom used to wear mauve.

    Sydney White (2007)

  • I know you like mauve.

    Think Like a Man (2012)

  • A pale mauve, by the way.

    Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

  • The sky was a high and perfect blue over the mauve Santa Catalina Mountains on the horizon.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The space had an abundance of mauve countertops, walls, and carpet.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The veil was of mauve and gold stripes, embroidered with pink and emerald green flowers.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The eastern sky changed slowly from mauve to azure to a clear, water-washed blue.

Synonyms

purple
vsmauve
229 1.0

Having a color between red and blue like violet

is a specific pale version that often includes bluish or pinkish tints
rose-mauve
vsmauve
7.4

A light purple color with a pink tint

is less rosy and often shows bluish or pinkish tints
lavender
vsmauve
2.4

Having a pale purple color like small garden flowers

usually has a bluish or pinkish tint rather than being plain
lilac-colored
vsmauve
  • US
3.4

A pale, light purple color that looks soft

often shows bluish or pinkish tints rather than remaining plain
lilac-purple
vsmauve
3.8

A light purple colour with a soft pink or blue tone

tends to have a clearer bluish or pinkish tint than slight hints
rose-lilac
vsmauve
5.7

A pale purple color with a touch of pink

is less specifically rosy and may show bluish or pinkish tints
pinkish-lavender
vsmauve
3.7

A light purple with a soft pink tinge

is less strongly pink and often shows bluish or pinkish hints
pink-lavender
vsmauve
4.8

A light purple color with a soft pink tint

is less pink and equally likely to show bluish tints
purple-lilac
vsmauve
5.2

A light lavender color with a hint of deeper purple

is paler and usually keeps a gentle bluish or pinkish tint
purplish-lilac
vsmauve
5.7

A pale purple color like pink and blue mixed lightly

is paler and tends to show clearer bluish or pinkish tints
bluish-lilac
vsmauve
3.9

A pale purple color with a little blue in it

is less strongly blue and may show a pinkish tint instead
blue-lilac
vsmauve
4.6

A light purple color with a touch of blue

is less blue and often shows softer pink or blue tints
bluish-purple
vsmauve
3.0

A purple color with a little blue mixed in

is paler and commonly carries milder bluish or pinkish tints
blue-purple
vsmauve
3.2

Purple with a touch of blue

is paler and often has delicate pinkish or bluish hints
mauve-blue
vsmauve
6.1

A blue color with a little purple in it

is paler and centers on pale purple with pink or blue tints
pink-purple
vsmauve
2.2

A purple color with a little pink

is paler and tends to have softer pinkish or bluish tints
pinkish-purple
vsmauve
2.7

A light purple color with a touch of pink

is paler and usually shows a milder pink or blue tint
rosy-purple
vsmauve
2.3

A purple shade with a pink tint

is paler and feels softer rather than deeply purple
rose-purple
vsmauve
4.2

A purple color with a slight pink shade

is paler and tends toward delicate pinkish or bluish tints

Antonyms

dark
∞ 1.0

With little or no light and not bright

vivid
23 3.0

Very bright and clear in color and easy to notice

Compounds

mauve-pink
3.6

A light pink color with a slight purple tint

rose-mauve
7.4

A light purple color with a pink tint

How Purple

purple
229 1.0
violet
2 1.6
mauve
10 5.8
lavender
2.4

Surface Forms

mauve singular
mauves plural

Etymology

Mauve comes from the French name for the mallow plant, known as malva in Latin, whose flowers are a soft purple. After a new purple dye called mauveine became popular in the 1800s, the plant name became the color name, so mauve today means 'pale purple'.