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mauve Definition

mauve (mōv, môv)

noun

  1. a purple dye and pigment that is produced by oxidizing aniline, used for wool, silk, etc.
  2. any of several shades of delicate purple

Etymology: Fr, mallow < L malva, mallow: from the color of the mallow

adjective

of such a color

mauve Synonyms

mauve

modif.

violet, lavender, lilac; see purple.

mauve Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • heather: The yellow of the gorse and mauve of the heather just added a riot of color to the landscape.

Adjective modifier

  • pale: In autumn pale mauve or white tubular flowers appear, borne at the end of long stems.
  • soft: Mixed with Ultramarine gives a range of soft mauves.
  • dirty: A good clear pink on alkaline soils but a rather dirty mauve in acid conditions.
  • deep: Deep rosy red on alkaline soil, deep reddish mauve in acid conditions.
  • light: Sky Blue:- NEW A breakthrough in Surfinia breeding, has medium sized flowers in shades of sky blue through to light mauve.

Modifies a noun

  • gingham: Dressed palm moses basket with ' squeek ' theme print cotton rich cover in white and mauve gingham.
  • flower: On the moorland, you may see some tiny mauve flowers with yellow centers.
  • tone: The remarkable narrow local hotels and and mauve tones with its brightly.
  • color: The former shows only a pale blue, violet, cobalt, or mauve body color.
  • white: Racemes of bell shaped flowers in pastel shades of mauve white or cream flowers.
  • one: The earlier blue and mauve ones have been out for a while.

Preposition: in

  • color: I have a 12 year old rhododendron, about 2 meters high, mauve in color that has just finished flowering.

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