mauve

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“The color jacaranda is an omen for a rebirth,” the agency, Trendo.mx said, describing the hue as between amethyst and mauve, comparable to periwinkle.

From New York Times

When she won her 20th game, she wore a mauve sweater in honor of Ms. Collins, who was famous for a stylish sweater collection.

From Washington Post

In the smuggled tapes, I would see the archbishop looking regal in his mauve robes praying at the funerals of activists and protesters killed by apartheid police, or pleading with people to end the violence.

From Reuters

Setting them against the deep but muted greens of the leaves and moss that protect them, Vallayer-Coster painted the late-summer stone fruits with rich reds before laying down patches of dark purple and cloudy mauve.

From Washington Post

One frowns in front of a cyan background; the next grimaces over a mauve background.

From The Verge