Color Names

Aster Petal

Faded aster flower, delicate as the thin edge of a petal.

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Aster Petal is a pale grey.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and almost grey.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Aster Petal

Aster (genus)

Aster is a genus of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. Its circumscription has been narrowed, and it now encompasses around 170 species, all but one of which are restricted to Eurasia; many species formerly in Aster are now in other genera of the tribe Astereae. Aster amellus is the type species of the genus and the family Asteraceae.

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Petal

Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the corolla.

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aster

Noun

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
  2. A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
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petal

Noun

  1. One of the component parts of the corolla of a flower. It applies particularly, but not necessarily only, when the corolla consists of separate parts, that is when the petals are not connately fused. Petals are often brightly colored.
  2. The labia (majora).

Verb

  1. To spread out from, like the petals of a flower
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