Mauve-elous Mauve

 Mauve!

What a subtle, changeable color!

Is it Pink?

Purple?

Is it a warm color or a cool color?

Yes! To all of the above

Today let’s explore a color that changes depending on the season, current fashion dictates and perhaps…

the slant of the sun!

- many of my photos have been found on Pinterest, with no ID or credit given. If you can help me give credit where credit is due, please leave me a note. Thanks!

No matter whether it has brown added -

Or blues -

Or a little more red -

We can still call it mauve.

In my head I have a certain shade I think of as mauve.

While researching this blog, I discovered that there are many more shades to identify it than mine.

Depending on who is promoting the color, these next shades are ALL considered mauve:

In fashion it seems designers tend more towards a pink shade of mauve -

The gown Princess Wilhelmina von Halwyll wore for her 

1865 portrait by Charles Edouard Boutibonne

J&J Slater. American, 1894. Metro Museum of Art

“Mauve? Mauve is just pink 

trying to be purple.”

- James A. McNeil Whistler

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

We find mauve in home decor -

Found on Pinterest

Home decor, photo by inkspired

Home decor, by inkspired

We find Mauve in Nature -

Octopus tentacle

National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD, USA

Nudibranchia ‘Margined Egg Cowrie’ photographed by Richard Goluch

Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia

and of course I have to add -

Barbie fashions!

Fashions by ninimomo

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

Mauve greeting cards (by me!) -

Mauve on your walls -

Mauve 

I do hope some of these wonderful shades come through decently to your monitors.

You can wear mauve around your neck-

Beads Magic Designs

Original design beaded necklace by inkspired

Lady Beadle Designs

or from your ears - 

Mini Tassel Designs, Etsy 

Polyvore Designs

Look for mauve in the garden -

Medinella Magnifica, Philippines 

Arina Atelier, Pinterest

I have had so much fun finding Mauve colored things for you -

I hope you have enjoyed it!

Now…

Put on those mauve-colored glasses and see what YOU can find!

‘Til next time,

inkspired

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K. Kloberdans