mauve : Idioms & Phrases


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.
Webster 1913

mauve-blue

  • adjective satellite of blue tinged with mauve
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mauve-pink

  • adjective satellite of pink tinged with mauve
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rose-mauve

  • adjective satellite of mauve tinged with rose
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