Violet vs. Mauve

Violetnoun

A bluish-purple colour.

Violetnoun

Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.

Violetnoun

Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.

Violetadjective

Having a bluish-purple colour.

Violetnoun

Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor).

Violetnoun

The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.

Violetnoun

In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.

Violetnoun

Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycæna, or Rusticus, and allied genera.

Violetadjective

Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.

Violetnoun

any of numerous low-growing small-flowered violas

Violetnoun

a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum

Violetadjective

of a color midway between red and blue

Mauvenoun

(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.

Mauvenoun

The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

Mauveadjective

Having a pale purple colour.

Mauvenoun

A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.

Mauvenoun

a moderate purple

Mauveadjective

of a pale to moderate grayish violet color

Mauveadjective

of a pale purple colour

Mauvenoun

a pale purple colour

Mauvenoun

a pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was the first synthetic dyestuff.

Mauve

Mauve ( (listen), mohv; (listen), mawv) is a pale purple color 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.