Mauve vs. Maroon — What's the Difference?

Mauve ( (listen), mohv; (listen), mawv) is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower (French: mauve). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859.

Maroon (US/UK mə-ROON, Australia mə-ROHN) is a brownish crimson color that takes its name from the French word marron, or chestnut. "Marron" is also one of the French translations for "brown".

Of a pale purple colour

Of a brownish-red colour

A pale purple colour

A member of any of various communities in parts of the Caribbean who were originally descended from escaped slaves. In the 18th century Jamaican Maroons fought two wars against the British, both of which ended with treaties affirming the independence of the Maroons.

A pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was the first synthetic dyestuff.

Leave (someone) trapped and alone in an inaccessible place, especially an island

A moderate grayish violet to reddish purple.

To put ashore on a deserted island or coast and intentionally abandon.

(historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.

To abandon or isolate with little hope of ready rescue or escape

The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

A fugitive black slave in the West Indies in the 1600s and 1700s.

Having a pale purple colour.

A descendant of such a slave.

A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac.

A person who is marooned, as on an island.

A moderate purple

A dark reddish brown to dark purplish red.

Of a pale to moderate grayish violet color

An escaped negro of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

A castaway; a person who has been marooned.

A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.

(nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (e.g. to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).

An idiot; a fool.

Associated with Maroon culture, communities or peoples.

Of a maroon color

To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.

In the West Indies and Guiana, a fugitive slave, or a free negro, living in the mountains.

A brownish or dull red of any description, esp. of a scarlet cast rather than approaching crimson or purple.

An explosive shell. See Marron, 3.

To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Having the color called maroon. See 4th Maroon.

A person who is stranded (as on an island);

A dark purplish red to dark brownish red

An exploding firework used as a warning signal

Leave stranded or isolated withe little hope og rescue;

Leave stranded on a desert island without resources;

Dark brownish to purplish red