Mauve

Mauve (French form of Malva, "mallow") is a pale grayed pink-lilac color, one of many in the range of purples. It is more gray and more blue than a pale tint of magenta would be. Many pale wildflowers called "blue" are mauve.

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Mauve was first named in 1856. Chemist William Henry Perkin, then eighteen, was attempting to create artificial quinine. An unexpected residue caught his eye, which turned out to be the first aniline dye—specifically, mauveine, sometimes called aniline purple. Perkin was so successful in recommending his discovery to the dyestuffs industry that his biography by Simon Garfield is titled Mauve (2001).

Mauve: Discovery ►

Mallow: Mallow is the common name of several closely related genera of plant in the family Malvaceae:...

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Mauve related Images and Photos (experimental)

Mauve Light

Mauve Waves

Mauve Orchid II

Marine Jaune et Mauve c.1923

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