- malva2
- 2 = purple, mauve.Ex. If the spot stays yellow the paper is decidedly acid; an in-between colour (green, grey, grey-green, yellow-green) indicates mild acidity; while if the spot goes purple, the paper is near-neutral or alkaline.Ex. Rarely do we think of a color as being invented by a person, yet in the case of the color mauve this might be a reasonable way to think about it.
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.