Definition of "mauve"

mauve

/məʊv/

noun
plural mauves
1. (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
2. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
adjective
comparative mauver or more mauve, superlative mauvest or most mauve
1. Having a pale purple colour.
  Quotations
  [A]long their time-marked walls wistaria threw patches of mauve blossom.
  1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XXII, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 222