search  current discussion  categories  glazes - specific colors 

what exactly is "blue"? (or purple)..maybe mauve

updated sat 22 dec 01

 

Elca Branman on thu 20 dec 01


I had read somewhere that mauve as a color was "invented" on the mid 19th
century.. It was the first aniline dye ,and gave a name to the era....The
mauve decade.

__
>
> __________________________________
Elca Branman.. in Sarasota,Florida,USA
elcab1@juno.com

________________________________________________________________
GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO!
Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less!
Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit:
http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

Jeremy McLeod on fri 21 dec 01


Elca Branman wrote:

> It was the first aniline dye ,and gave a name to the era....The mauve decade.

And this is the source of the saying, "Simply mauvelous"?


Sleep deprivation can be dangerous, dear ones.

Jeremy McLeod