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Definition of Mauve

Mauve
Mauve 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.

Meaning of Mauve from wikipedia

- Mauve (/ˈmoʊv/ , mohv; /ˈmɔːv/ , mawv) is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: mauve). The first use of the word mauve as a color...
- up mauve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mauve is a color. Mauve may also refer to: Perkin's mauve, a dye Mauve (test suite), for software Mauve (album)...
- Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin...
- Anthonij "Anton" Rudolf Mauve (18 September 1838 – 5 February 1888) was a Dutch realist painter who was a leading member of the Hague School. He signed...
- "Mauveine" was named after the mauve colored mallow flower, even though it is a much deeper tone of purple than mauve. The term "Mauve" in the late 19th century...
- Mauve is a project to provide a free software test suite for the Java class libraries. Mauve is developed by the members of Kaffe, GNU classpath, GCJ,...
- Kish Mauve is a British electropop group. The group was formed in 2005 in London, England, and consists of Mima Stilwell (vocals) and Jim Eliot (synthesizer...
- recognized species in the genus Pelagia. It is typically known in English as the mauve stinger, but other common names are purple-striped jelly (causing potential...
- mallow and mauve are two different names used in English to refer to exactly the same color--the name mallow came into use in 1611 and mauve came into...
- Mauve is the second studio album by American shoegaze band Ringo Deathstarr. It was released on September 19, 2012, by Vinyl Junkie Recordings in ****an...