Mauve Colors

Mauve lightens into dusty pink purple and deepens toward grayed plum. It appears in bedrooms, older tile baths, upholstery, dining rooms, and quiet living rooms where beige feels too yellow.

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Alpine Grove

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Ancient Granite

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Antique Spruce

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Brushed Hawk

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Clouded Vale

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Dusty Stone

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Faded Pine

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Faded Tulip

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Frozen Lark

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Hushed Vale

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Icy Dusk

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Lilac

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Lunar Shore

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Mellow Flint

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Mellow Gale

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Mellow Lagoon

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Mossy Frost

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Mossy Pebble

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Pastel Lavender

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Pastel Lilac

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Pastel Purple

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Quiet Chalk

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Quiet Reed

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Rose Quartz

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Rustic Violet

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Smoky Loch

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Smoky Star

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Tender Petal

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Thistle

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Worn Hollow

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Using mauve in your home

Mauve can be beautiful when it is treated as a muted color, not a pastel. Use it in bedrooms, baths, sitting rooms, or cabinetry with cream, mushroom, warm gray, walnut, or olive. North light makes it cooler and dustier. South light brings forward the rose. Fixed finishes decide success. Rose Quartz and Mineral Thistle can clash with orange oak or yellow beige carpet.

Frequently asked questions

Is Mauve pink or purple?

Mauve is a muted pink purple. Many versions also carry gray or brown.

Can Mauve handle low light?

Yes, but avoid the grayest samples in a dim room. They can look tired instead of subtle.

Best Mauve paint colors?

Try Farrow & Ball Sugared Almond (LRV 76.7), Sherwin-Williams Enchant (LRV 59), or Behr Aged To Perfection (LRV 58.4). Compare with carpet.