mauve

adjective

• of a pale purple colour:blossoms with mauve and white petals

noun

• 1a pale purple colour:a few pale streaks of mauve were all that remained of the sunset [count noun]:glowing with soft pastel mauves and pinks

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