Color Names

Ashen Violet

Greyish purple, like ash from a cold fire, or a violet that's lost its scent.

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Ashen Violet is a warm grey, close to mauve.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Ashen Violet

Violet (color)

Violet is the color of light at the short wavelength end of the visible spectrum. It is one of the seven colors that Isaac Newton labeled when dividing the spectrum of visible light in 1704. Violet light has a wavelength between approximately 380 and 435 nanometers. The color's name is derived from the Viola genus of flowers.

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ashen

Adjective

  1. Made from the wood of the ash-tree.

Adjective

  1. Of or resembling ashes.
  2. Ash-colored; pale; anemic.
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violet

Noun

  1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; similar-looking plants and flowers.
  2. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.

Adjective

  1. Of a violet colour.
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