Mauveine
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Mauveine, also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve, was one of the first synthetic dyes. It was discovered serendipitously by William Henry Perkin in 1856 while he was attempting to synthesise
Letter from Perkin's son, with a sample of dyed silk
Professor Charles Rees—wearing a bow tie dyed with an original sample of mauveine—holding an RSC journal named after Perkin
Mauve
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Mauve is a pale purple color named after the mallow flower. The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–1798 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare
Mauveine
…mass-producing it at Greenford on the banks of the Grand Union Canal in Middlesex. It was originally called aniline purple. In 1859, it was named mauve in England via the French name for the mallow flower, and chemists later called it mauveine. Between 1859 and 1861, mauve became a fashion must have…
Mallow wildflower