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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.

Значення

значень: 2

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

Ще визначення

a moderate purple

Приклади

речень: 3

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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Походження

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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