Mauveine

Perkin's mauve, the first synthetic dye, still softly purple after all these years.

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Mauveine is a muted purple, close to mauve.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Mauveine

Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting to synthesise the phytochemical quinine for the treatment of malaria. It is also among the first chemical dyes to have been mass-produced.

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mauveine

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A purple dye, the first synthetic organic dye created.

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Its neighbors.

Dianthus Mauve, #8d6d89 Beauty, #866b8d Greyish Purple, #887191 Grey Purple, #826d8c Purple Grey, #866f85 Wine Stroll, #8f7191 Sapphire Pink, #887084 Provence Violet, #827191 Rhinestone, #8e6c94 Milkwort Red, #916981 Chinese Violet, #92698f Sophisticated Lilac, #956c87

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Its complements.

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