mauve
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It’s a callback to a mauve guest room in her childhood home with its unusual color that she always found peaceful.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Try using black as your larger pieces such as upholstery and mauve for accents.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
She is walking down Fulton Street in her mauve velour jogging suit, past the shabby May’s department store with mannequins from another era, past shuttered shops and bus-stop benches draped with sleeping bums.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Vocabulary lists containing mauve
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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"The Witches" by Roald Dahl, Chapters 1–5
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