Thesaurus: mauve

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1. n. A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
2. adj. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
3. n. a moderate purple
4. 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 mauveïne, and is a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to a beatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc.
5. A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac. Mauve aniline(Chem.), a dyestuff produced artificially by the oxidation ofcommercial aniline, and the first discovered of the so-called coal-tar, or aniline, dyes. It consists of the sulphate of mauveïne, andis a dark brown or bronze amorphous powder, which dissolves to abeatiful purple color. Called also aniline purple, violine, etc.
6. j:88/n:12 n. a moderate purple s. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color