mauve
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- noun
- /moʊv/
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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.
- But this one is a beautiful mauve that gives your cheeks enough glow.
- So you could see more nude pink and then more mauve.
- It's like slightly pink, maybe a little mauve, but on your lips it's pretty benign.
- It's kind of a purpley mauve or mauve over it.
- Yeah, Monica, it's like, well, mauve.
Examples
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This is like a beautiful mauve taupe color.
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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.
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My mom used to wear mauve.
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I know you like mauve.
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A pale mauve, by the way.
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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
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Having a color between red and blue like violet
A light purple color with a pink tint
Having a pale purple color like small garden flowers
A pale, light purple color that looks soft
A light purple colour with a soft pink or blue tone
A pale purple color with a touch of pink
A light purple with a soft pink tinge
A light purple color with a soft pink tint
A light lavender color with a hint of deeper purple
A pale purple color like pink and blue mixed lightly
A pale purple color with a little blue in it
A light purple color with a touch of blue
A purple color with a little blue mixed in
Purple with a touch of blue
A blue color with a little purple in it
A purple color with a little pink
A light purple color with a touch of pink
A purple shade with a pink tint
A purple color with a slight pink shade
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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'.