The color called mauve belongs to the range of purple tones, similar to , although it is characterized by being softer, but at the same time brighter.
The color of mauves is usually taken as a reference, which are basically flowers that share the name with this tone, which has interesting meanings.
Positive meanings of the color mauve
- Femininity
- Presence
- Delicacy
- Tranquillity
- Peace
- Comfort
It is noted as a color that accentuates femininity, in a slightly more delicate way, which also has a presence in events related to women.
Due to its relationship with flowers, it means delicacy and sweetness, two aspects that reflect themselves as color.
As for the senses, the mauve color has the power to make people feel tranquility, peace and comfort.
Negative meanings of the color mauve
The mauve color is usually more present in products, accessories, even cartoons, which is why it is sometimes associated with childishness without that being the case; in addition, it is sometimes seen as immaturity.
The mauve decade
In the 19th century, the possibility of synthesizing pigments and dyes was discovered, which were used to dye cotton, although mauve was discovered by accident at this time by a chemistry student, William Perkin.
Perkin intended to synthesize quinine, a substance with the ability to treat malaria, and in the process of testing an idea of his by oxidizing aniline, he realized that by diluting it it took on color, generating the first synthetic dye.
Such a discovery made the color mauve become fashionable in 1857 in Paris and London, a fashion that lasted almost a decade, therefore called the mauve decade.
Mallow like flowers
The mauve color came to be known as mauve, but also as Perkin mauve, following its discovery as a synthetic dye, due to the similarity in color with the flowers called mauve.
The mallows in question are herbaceous plants with more than 30 species of this type accepted within the family.
Due to its variety, it can be said that there are different shades of mauve, such as pink mauve, pastel mauve, among others.