Color Names

Mauvette

Faded hydrangea petals, dried to a soft, warm grey.

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Mauvette is a warm grey.

It can be described as warm, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Mauvette

Hydrangea aspera

Hydrangea aspera is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae native to dense forests in the region between the Himalayas, across southern China, to Taiwan. It is a large, erect deciduous shrub growing to 3 m (10 ft) tall and wide, with broadly oval leaves and dense branches. The flowers are typically borne in large flat heads in late summer, and are in variable shades of pale blue and pink, fringed by white or pale pink sterile florets.

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mauvette

Noun

  1. a purple color similar to mauve

Adjective

  1. having this color
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