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Mauve

Mauve
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#E0B0FF
B	(r, g, b)	(224, 176, 255)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(276°, 31%, 97%)
Source		BF2S Color Guide
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed at right is the color mauve. It is more grey and more blue than a pale tint of magenta would be. Many pale wildflowers called "blue" are actually mauve.
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Mauveine

Main article: Mauveine

Mauve was first named in 1856. Chemist William Henry Perkin, then eighteen, was attempting to create artificial quinine. An unexpected residue caught his eye, which turned out to be the first aniline dye—specifically, mauveine, sometimes called aniline purple. Perkin was so successful in recommending his discovery to the dyestuffs industry that his biography by Simon Garfield is titled Mauve (2000)^[2]. Mauveine, also known as aniline purple, was the first synthetic organic dye. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... A chemist pours from a round-bottom flask. ... William Perkin (1838-1907) Sir William Henry Perkin FRS (March 12, 1838 – July 14, 1907) was an English chemist best known for his discovery, at the age of 18, of the first aniline dye, mauveine. ... Quinine (IPA: ) is a natural white crystalline alkaloid having antipyretic (fever-reducing), anti-smallpox, analgesic (painkilling), and anti-inflammatory properties and a bitter taste. ... Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene is an organic compound with the formula C6H5NH2. ... Look up dye in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Mauveine, also known as aniline purple, was the first synthetic organic dye. ...

Light Mauve

Light mauve
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#DCD0FF
B	(r, g, b)	(220, 208, 255)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color light mauve. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ...

This color is also called pale lavender. The source of this color is the ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Color Names (1955)--Color dictionary used by stamp collectors to identify the colors of stamps--See sample of the color Lavender (R) #209 displayed on indicated page (along with several other shades of lavender): [1]
Mauve can also be described as pale violet.

Opera Mauve

Opera Mauve
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#B784A7
B	(r, g, b)	(183, 132, 167)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(276°, 20%, 62%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

At right is displayed the color opera mauve. Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

The first recorded use of opera mauve as a color name in English was in 1927. ^[3] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mauve Taupe

Main article: Taupe

Mauve Taupe
— Color coordinates —
Hex triplet		#915F6D
B	(r, g, b)	(145, 95, 109)
HSV	(h, s, v)	(285°, 37%, 54%)
Source		ISCC-NBS
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

The color displayed at right is mauve taupe. This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... Web colors are colors used in designing web pages, and the methods for describing and specifying those colors. ... For other uses, see Red (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Green (disambiguation). ... This article is about the colour. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... An image with the hues cyclically shifted The hues in the image of this Painted Bunting are cyclically rotated with time. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Chromaticity. ... Brightness is an attribute of visual perception in which a source appears to emit a given amount of light. ...

The first recorded use of mauve taupe as a color name in English was in 1925. ^[4] The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Year 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See the article on taupe to see additional shades of taupe.
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Shades of Mauve Color Comparison Chart

• Light Mauve (Hex: #DCD0FF) (RGB: 220, 208, 255)
• Mauve (Hex: #E0B0FF) (RGB: 224, 176, 255)
• Opera Mauve (Hex: #B784A7) (RGB: 183, 132, 167)
• Mauve Taupe (Hex: #915F6D) (RGB: 145, 95, 109)

Mauve in human culture

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Decade nostalgia

• The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the "Mauve Decade", because William Henry Perkin's aniline dye mauveine allowed the widespread use of that color in fashion. When Perkins accidentally discovered that he was able to chemically make the color purple (mauve), he began the world's search for other colors through chemistry. Now, many colors are chemically made instead of taken from natural sources. Chemistry also became a more profitable career.
• Mauve became very popular in the 1890s and became associated with homosexuality because well known figures in the art world during that decade were gay such as author Oscar Wilde and artist Aubrey Beardsley. (By the 1950s, lavender came to symbolize homosexuality, and then pink beginning in the 1970s.)
• The Mauve Decade was the title of a 1926 Thomas Beer (1889–1940) book about the 1890's in the United States. Beer, looking back on this time, believed the United States was moving away from its New England traditions to a time of "decay and meaningless phrases". He took the title from a quote from artist James Whistler: "Mauve is just pink trying to be purple."

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Film

• In the cult Bruce Robinson film Withnail and I, Montague Withnail declines his nephew's offer of sherry with the explanation "Oh dear no, no, no. I'd be sucked into his trap. One of us has got to stay on guard. He's so mauve we don't know what he's planning." He fears alcohol may cloud his judgement and weaken his determination to engineer a private encounter with Marwood (accused of mauveness in the quotation) on Monty's terms. Marwood wishes to avoid such an encounter on any terms, but regardless of this he is as unlikely as the viewer to understand any literal meaning in having this colourful adjective applied to him. Whether that uncertainty is its own explanation, given what we later come to know of Monty's (cruelly misinformed) understanding of Marwood's lifestyle choices, and Marwood's own ambiguous reaction in several scenes to Monty's advances, is a question left unanswered until much later, ironically in opposite ways in the minds of the two protagonists.

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Genomics

• Mauve is the name of a multiple genome alignment tool under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Metaphysics

• In Hermetic Kabbalism, the "false sephiroth" Da'ath is commonly associated with mauve, largely owing to the writings of occultist Kenneth Grant.

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Television

• In the British science fiction TV show Doctor Who, mauve is the universal color for danger (Earth is an exception).
• In an episode of the kids television series Hey Arnold! the protagonist Arnold and his friend Eugene name their go-cart 'The Mauve Avenger'.
• Television host David Letterman once stated jokingly that "you know somebody is gay if they know the difference between mauve and taupe."

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Theatre

• Mauve is a commonly used color in stage lighting to represent sunsets.
• In Angels in America, Louis identifies the color of the sunset as "purple", to which Belize replies: "Purple? What kind of a homosexual are you, anyway? That's not purple, Mary, that color out there is mauve."
• In Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's 1988 musical Into the Woods, Cinderella's stepsisters return from the Prince's ball to comment "Never wear mauve at a ball."

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References

1. ^ Brians, Paul. Mauve. Common Errors in English. Washington State University. Retrieved on 2008-02-26.
2. ^ Garfield, S. (2000). Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World. Faber and Faber, London, UK. ISBN 978-0571201976. 
3. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 200; Color Sample Page 107 Plate 42 Color Sample H5--Opera Mauve
4. ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 203; Color Sample of Mauve Taupe Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample C8

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See also

• List of colors
• Malvaria