mauve

     

Mauve (French form of Malva, "mallow"; pronounce /məʊv/, rhymes with "grove") is a pale lavender-lilac color, one of many in the range of purples.

Trivia about mauve

  • Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals
  • & then there's this color also known as aniline purple

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