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mauve

[mohv] / moʊv /
ADJECTIVE
purplish color
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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

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

Already the pink had faded; it was being replaced by delicate mauve interlaced with cottony cloud wisps.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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