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Mauve
Mauve
(mōv)
, Noun.
[F., mallow, L.
malva
. So named from the similarity of the color to that of the petals of common mallow, Malva sylvestris
. See Mallow
.] A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.
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
, Perkin’s mauve
, etc.