Mauve

So Christie's, in marketing its major Impressionist and modern sale on Wednesday, has played up the fact that one of its star lots, Monet's "Mauve Irises," is one of the artist's tall4est works, around 6 feet 5 inches.

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My hand reaches out toward the display for Cover Girl's Continuous Color Cream Lipsticks and settles on “Its Your Mauve.”

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Mauve has a high vibration, it makes the wearer superior and wards off evil attacks, according to the esoteric group Violet Flame -- which practices on Thursdays.

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A few marquee offerings failed to sell, including a Monet landscape, "Mauve Irises," that Christie's wanted to sell for at least $15 million, and an Edgar Degas ballerina scene, "Dancers in the Foyer," that Sotheby's expected to sell for at least $4.5 million.

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From left: Chiffon Gown ($795 at Nicole Miller), Stretch CDC Gown ($550 at Nicole Miller), Mauve Chiffon Gown ($199.99 at Sense of Fashion)

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Mauve was everywhere – streaming on hair ribbons, waving on carriages, and in a pantomime a policeman told people to "get a mauve on".

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Lego "Mauve Avenger" by Sir Nadroj/Jordan Schwartz, who was inspired by a design by Syd Mead.

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I quote from the Guardian of 21 September 2000: Mauve was the first artificial colour to be produced on a grand scale.

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In the night's largest casualty, Christie's also failed to sell Monet's door-sized "Mauve Irises" from 1914-17, a work which had been priced to sell for at least $15 million.

Christie's $156M Sale Falls Short of Forecast Kelly Crow 2011