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Mauve vs Mauvish - What's the difference?

mauve | mauvish |

As adjectives the difference between mauve and mauvish

is that mauve is having a pale purple colour while mauvish is somewhat mauve.

As a noun mauve

is a bright purple synthetic dye.

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

    * ----

    mauvish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Somewhat mauve.
  • * 1976 , Ronald Marks, Common facial dermatoses (page 9)
    • In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.