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Mauve vs Mauveness - What's the difference?

mauve | mauveness |

As nouns the difference between mauve and mauveness

is that mauve is (historical) a bright purple synthetic dye while mauveness is the state or condition of being mauve; mauve colour.

As an adjective mauve

is having a pale purple colour.

mauve

English

(wikipedia mauve)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  • The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having a pale purple colour.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "mauve")

    See also

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    mauveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being mauve; mauve colour.
  • * 1896 , George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar
    • They resemble amethysts, and vary in colour from an opaque milky mauveness to a clear deep purple.