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a
: a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
b
: a strong purple
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: a dyestuff (see dye entry 1 sense 2) that produces a mauve color
: of the color mauve : of a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color
White china vases of mauve hyacinths scented the table …—
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Hamish BowlesExamples of mauve in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebKleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 20 June 2024
The new tints include baby pink, neutral peach, bright coral and soft mauve priced at 18 pounds and the phone cases are priced at 35 pounds.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 14 June 2024
Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2024
As for her makeup, the Batman Begins alum wore bold eyeliner and a mauve lip color to pull everything together.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2023
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Noun
But there’s tons of shades to choose from, there’s Spicy Marg (a bright coral), Sleepy Girl (a soft mauve), and Juice Box (a hot pink), Freckle (a neutral peach), and Toasted Teddy (a bronze terracotta).
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 20 June 2024
The new tints include baby pink, neutral peach, bright coral and soft mauve priced at 18 pounds and the phone cases are priced at 35 pounds.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 14 June 2024
Adjective
In fact, all of her styling, from the necklace to the mauve lip color, the bold blue eye shadow, and the subtle French manicure, could almost be categorized under the mob-wife aesthetic.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2024
As for her makeup, the Batman Begins alum wore bold eyeliner and a mauve lip color to pull everything together.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 19 Jan. 2023
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“Mauve.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mauve. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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