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Mauve. Mauve ( / ˈmoʊv / ⓘ, mohv; [2] / ˈmɔːv / ⓘ, mawv) is a pale purple color [3] [4] named after the mallow flower (French: mauve ). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, [5] with ...
Mauve (from the French form of Malva "mallow") is a color that is named after the mallow flower. Another name for the color is mallow [27] with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611. [28] Since the color mauve has a hue code of 276, it may be regarded as a pale tone of violet.
Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. Known as common mallow to English-speaking Europeans, it acquired the common names of cheeses, high mallow and tall mallow (mauve des bois by the French) as it migrated from its native home in Western Europe, North Africa and Asia through the English ...
In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. [1] However, the meaning of the term purple is not well defined. There is confusion about the meaning of the terms purple and violet even among native speakers of English. [2] Many native speakers of English in the United States refer to the blue ...
Impatiens balsamina, commonly known as balsam, garden balsam, rose balsam, touch-me-not [1] or spotted snapweed, [2] is a species of plant native to India and Myanmar. [1] It is an annual plant growing to 20–75 cm tall, with a thick, but soft stem. The leaves are spirally-arranged, 2.5–9 cm long and 1–2.5 cm broad, with a deeply toothed ...
Category:Shades of violet. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Types of violet. This category is for all varieties of the color violet, not only shades in the technical sense. See also: Category:Shades of magenta.
December 26, 2023 at 9:14 PM. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures. Director Blitz Bazawule is wowing audiences with his musical adaptation of The Color Purple — which includes one ...
Bakersfield. 2. Bandit Rock. Bandit Rock. More images. October 31, 1975. ( #75000431) Southwest of Inyokern near the junction of CA 14 and CA 178. 35°35′28″N 117°56′56″W.