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Color:
Faded Lavender


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Colors with the same hue:
Dark purple
English violet
Imperial Purple
Eminence
Pomp and Power
Purpureus
Faded Purple
Radiant Purple
Heliotrope
Bright lilac
Misty Lavender
Light Lilac
Similar colors:
Misty Lavender
Thistle
Light Lilac
Faint Pink
Soft Lavender
Delicate Mauve
Lilac
Shampoo
Pale lavender
Wisteria
Soap
Magnolia
Soft Purple
Whisper
Pale plum
Cloud
Light Gray
Stainless Steel
Light silver
Sparkling Silver
Silver
Gainsboro
Chrome
Aubergine
Mercury
Mauve
Periwinkle
Shimmer
Delicate Rose
Ethereal White
Words evoked by this color:
meredith,  embrace,  hummed,  massage,  palliate,  palliation,  doze,  comforting,  harmoniously,  bethany,  supple,  adagio,  ambience,  palliative,  ambiance,  sink,  dishwasher,  autoclave,  cooker,  cookware,  saucepan,  gate,  renovated,  loft,  prefatory,  manageable,  compliant,  pumice,  receding,  scattered,  reduced,  minor,  defuse,  preliminary,  pilates,  scanned,  preview,  translational,  secretarial,  bedazzle,  ashy,  recent,  22-23,  indistinct,  faucet,  fixture,  bemused,  flummoxed,  peradventure,  perivascular
Literary analysis:
In literature, the color “faded lavender” is often employed to evoke a sense of soft elegance and understated beauty. In one instance, it adorns a figure’s wrapper, suggesting a gentle, relaxed morning inspired by the warm air [1]. Likewise, its inclusion among a palette of intricate hues in the description of Aubusson rugs adds layers of vintage charm and nuanced texture to the scene [2]. In another example, the term is used to describe a color destined for transformation—a subtle hue that contrasts with the impending dramatic alteration into black, thereby highlighting the interplay between impermanence and renewal [3].
  1. This morning she is perfectly comfortable in a lace-trimmed, faded lavender wrapper—doubtless inspired by the warm air.
    — from Diplomatic Days by Edith O'Shaughnessy
  2. The rugs scattered about it were Aubusson, of rare hues in fawn and puce and faded lavender and old rose interwoven with queer dead greens.
    — from The Passionate Elopement by Compton MacKenzie
  3. “A faded lavender,” one of his customers told me, “he’ll get dyed black, and made to look quite new and fresh.
    — from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew

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