Meaning of MAUVE
| Pronunciation: | | mowv
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- [n] a moderate purple
- [adj] of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
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| | Synonyms: | | chromatic |
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| | See Also: | | empurpled, purple, purpleness | |
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| | Definition: | | Mauve
When Queen Victoria wore mauve to her daughter`s wedding, she solidified this color`s place in the fashion spectrum. This biography of the chemist who developed the mauve dye in 1856 as a teenager explores his unusual scientific family (which includes an alchemist grandfather) and his ambition as a spokesman for the color, as he promoted his dye to the industry with great success. At a commemorative ceremony for Perkin`s discovery in 1906, all the gentleman wore mauve bow ties. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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| | Related Terms: | | amethystine, lavender, lilac, livid, magenta, mulberry, orchid, pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous, violet |
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