Talk:Mauve

message: Metaphysics world seem to be an odd heading for Kabbalah to fall under.  Perhaps 'Religion' or, better, 'Occultism'? Rykalski (talk) 10:48, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kabbalah as Metaphysics? 

message: The article currently states: 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. Can anyone come up with a clearer (and preferably cited) explanation of what the original writer presumably intended? --Kay Dekker (talk) 20:38, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: For that matter, the Aubrey Beardsley article gives no indication that Beardsley was gay, though it notes that he was closely associated with other prominent people who were. I'd recommend deleting that sentence altogether unless it can be authoritatively cited. 206.208.105.129 (talk) 18:25, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  A nonsequitur? 

message: Perhaps the meaning now of the word "mauve" is that of a lighter purple, but the initial definition was of color #993366 when it was introduced to the world of textiles as "mauvine." If anyone has ever seen a zebra malva, it says it all. It is the most popular and prolific of all malva grown in gardens and is, indeed a deep magenta, not a light purple. The reason why mauve is now considered "pinkish," is because the color wound up being more of a wash than a dye. The original piece dyed in mauvine would be the color of the zebra malva (#993366), but when washed over and over, it faded greatly, as they did not have the knowledge or technology to know how to make dyes colorfast and resist bleeding. This "happenstance" occurred very soon after the introduction of the color to the textile world. What probably sealed "mauve's" fate — to be described as this newer definition – is the fact that clothes were treated to do this on purpose, so that the final product was, indeed, the mauve we know today. Within 3 decades of it's introduction, German chemist Paul Bottiger developed and patented colorfast dyes and mauve would forever be known as a light pinkish purple ... more from its reputation rather than its reality. By 1888, when Van Gogh painted "Souvenir de Mauve" (a painting of a pinkish tree, and a double entendre because the painting was a homage to his friend, painter Anton Mauve), the definition of the color was set in stone. Please refer to the Wikipedia photo Malva Sylvestris Zebrina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Malva_sylvestris2.jpg). Source: Bright earth: art and the invention of color By Philip Ball. Pookerella (talk) 15:24, 28 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  #993366 is correct in the original definition of "mauve." 

message: Deep mauve is only mentioned parenthetically, with no evidence that there is such a color. Mauve is mentioned in the reference, but not deep mauve.
I don't plan to edit this article as my current focus is on the color lists articles (e.g. List_of_colors:_A–F). I do plan to remove this entry from that list, but if someone does some research and can can find evidence that there is a color by this name, it can be restored.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sphilbrick (talk • contribs) 13:44, 25 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deep mauve