Victorian Mauve

Faded mauve, the synthetic dye that lost its vibrancy in the wash.

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Victorian Mauve is a muted mauve.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Victorian 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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mauve

Noun

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

Adjective

Having a pale purple colour.

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Its neighbors.

Brandy Snaps, #b58e8b Toki Brown, #b88884 Warm Comfort, #b38a82 Smoky Pink, #bb8d88 Ponder, #b88f88 Bashful Rose, #b88686 Shabby Chic, #bb8a8e Notice Me, #ba8686 Western Ridge, #b28b80 Venetian Pink, #bb8e84 Rose Brown, #bc8e8f Cappuccino Bombe, #b4897d

Victorian Mauve

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Victorian Mauve

Mauve

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Its neighbors.

Its complements.

As a ramp.