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mauve

[mohv] / moʊv /
ADJECTIVE
purplish color
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Her lips are a neutral dusty mauve, her bass guitar a lustrous red.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Del Toro, 21, won the white jersey for best young rider, Denmark's Mads Pedersen claimed the mauve points classification jersey and Italy's Lorenzo Fortunato took the blue mountains classification jersey.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2025

She also made one for herself in something of a mauve color that my sister has and which she gave to me first thing after the fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

They’re seemingly white at a distance, but look closely, and you’ll find each pearly bloom has watercolor shades of blue, grass green and grayed mauve with a golden center.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2024

Even the concession tickets provided a splash of color—brilliant blue for the Turkish Theater, pink for the Lapland Village, and mauve for the Venetian gondolas.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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