I feel like whoever named the color Mauve was put on the spot and panicked
@JonBaker Indeed—#wiktionary says the name was “coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.” This could be an animated short.
@thankfulpond @JonBaker How much you want to bet him mother’s name was Maeve? #MommasBoy