Color Names

Crocus Petal

Softly faded, like the inside of a crocus after the first frost.

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Crocus Petal is a muted purple, close to lavender.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Crocus Petal

Crocus

Crocus is a genus of seasonal flowering plants in the family Iridaceae comprising about 100 species of perennials growing from corms.

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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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crocus

Noun

  1. A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.
  2. Any of various similar flowering plants, such as autumn crocus and prairie crocus.

Noun

  1. A fraudulent doctor; a quack.
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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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