Answer: MAUVE
MAUVE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 39 times.
Referring Clues:
- Purple shade
 - Pale purple
 - Dye obtained from aniline
 - "___ is just pink trying to be purple": Whistler
 - Shade of purple
 - Pale bluish purple
 - Bluish purple
 - Purplish shade
 - Purplish
 - Purplish hue
 - Purple hue
 - Soft purple
 - Delicate purple
 - Light purple
 - Shade for Prince
 - Lavender relative
 - Moderate purple
 - Strong purple
 - Sunset color
 - Violet relative
 - Mulberry cousin
 - Pale purplish
 - The ___ Decade (Gay Nineties)
 - "Never trust a woman who wears ___" (line from "The Picture of Dorian Gray")
 - Grayish-violet
 - Hazy purple
 - Shade similar to lilac
 - Light violet
 - Light purple shade
 - "Pink trying to be purple," per Whistler
 - Shade close to lilac
 - Gray-violet
 - Pale purple shade
 - Purple? A bit lighter
 - Lilac color
 - Shade a lot like lilac
 - Violet kin
 - Color similar to lilac
 - Pinkish-purple
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - November 03, 2025
 - LA Times - July 06, 2025
 - LA Times - June 06, 2025
 - USA Today - May 06, 2025
 - New York Times - March 24, 2024
 - New York Times - March 08, 2024
 - LA Times - November 12, 2023
 - New York Times - March 08, 2023
 - New York Times - March 08, 2022
 - USA Today - March 03, 2021
 - USA Today - September 11, 2020
 - Universal - July 23, 2020
 - New York Times - February 10, 2019
 - USA Today - December 04, 2018
 - Universal - October 18, 2018
 - USA Today - August 21, 2018
 - USA Today - June 12, 2018
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 16, 2017
 - King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - December 05, 2017
 - Universal - March 20, 2017
 
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