Color Names

Amethyst Paint

Dusty, greyish purple, like amethyst gemstones faded to a soft wash.

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Amethyst Paint is a cool grey, close to purple.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Amethyst Paint

Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of natural quartz. Ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication. Amethyst, a semiprecious stone, is often used in jewelry. It occurs mostly in association with calcite, quartz, smoky quartz, hematite, pyrite, fluorite, goethite, agate, and chalcedony.

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Paint

Paint is a material or mixture of colored liquid that, when applied to a solid material and allowed to dry, adds a film-like layer. As art, this is used to create an image or images known as a painting. Paint can be made in many colors and types. Most paints are either oil-based or water-based, and each has distinct characteristics.

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Lavender (color)

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name.

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amethyst

Noun

  1. A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
  2. A purple colour.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
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paint

Noun

  1. A substance that is applied as a liquid or paste, and dries into a solid coating that protects or adds colour to an object or surface to which it has been applied.
  2. A set of containers or blocks of paint of different colors/colours, used for painting pictures.

Verb

  1. To apply paint to.
  2. To apply in the manner that paint is applied.
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