mauveness
English
Etymology
mauve + -ness
Noun
mauveness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being mauve; mauve colour.
- 1896, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar
- They resemble amethysts, and vary in colour from an opaque milky mauveness to a clear deep purple.
- 1896, George Augustus Sala, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Temple bar