color displayed at right is the deep tone of mauve that is called mauve by Pourpre.com, a color list widely popular in France. Opera mauve The color displayed at right is opera mauve. The first recorded use of opera mauve as a color name in English was in 1927. Mauve taupe The color displayed at right is mauve taupe. The first recorded use of mauve taupe as a color name in English was in 1925. Old mauve The color displayed at right is old mauve. The first recorded use of old mauve as a color name in English was in 1925. The normalized color coordinates for old mauve are identical to wine dregs, which was first recorded as a color name in English in 1924. See also Shades of purple Lilac (color) Malvaria (Pyroluria), from the term mauve factor in Orthomolecular psychiatry References External links Shades of pink Shades of violet