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

[Mike Jing]

I've been informed that the1890s have been called "the Mauve Decade" and
that may have something to do with the word "mauve" being used here.


On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 5:50 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>    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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