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mauve

mauve · mauves

mauve, fliederfarben, blasslila, malvenfarben

A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular cA rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.

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/məʊv/

» Heather flowers are usually mauve.

Значение

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(исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.
fliederfarben, blasslila, mauve

Ещё определения

a moderate purple

Примеры

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Heather flowers are usually mauve.
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Mauve was initially called "Tyrian purple."
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Among the paintings of Claude Monet is one titled "Lilac Irises" and another called "Iris Mauve."
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Происхождение

Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Double

Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.

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