Color Names

Mellow Mauve

Ripened, faded mauve, like a softening summer sunset.

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Mellow Mauve is a muted pink, close to mauve.

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

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Mellow Mauve

Mauve

Mauve is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower. The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–1798 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611.

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mellow

Adjective

  1. Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp.
  2. Matured and smooth, and not acidic, harsh, or sharp.

Noun

  1. The property of being mellow; mellowness.
  2. A comfortable or relaxed mood.
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mauve

Noun

  1. A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
  2. A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.

Adjective

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
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