GR translation: some mauve turn-of-the-century tale of ghostly revenge

[Mark Kohut]

   1. a pale purple color.
   "a few pale streaks of mauve were all that remained of the sunset"
   2. 2.
   HISTORICAL
   a pale purple aniline dye prepared by William H. Perkin in 1856. It was
   the first synthetic dyestuff.


On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 5:41 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Indeed. It is its appearance here that's a little puzzling.
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 11:09 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In GR the color mauve has special resonance. It was a “new” color, a
> > biproduct of fossil fuel production (I think).
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 5:46 PM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> V124.13-16, P126.26-29   Shuffling to the lavatory, his graying
> government
> >> flannel tucked limply inside the cord of his pajamas, it came to him:
> what
> >> if it’s some mauve turn-of-the-century tale of ghostly revenge and this
> >> hair here’s some First Step . . .
> >>
> >> What does "mauve" mean here?
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