Color Names

Curio

Dusty shelf grey, where oddities gather.

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Curio is a light grey.

It can be described as light, pale and neutral.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Curio

Bric-à-brac

Bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac, first used in England during the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios. The French phrase a brick et a brac dates from the 16th century meaning "at random, any old way".

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Cabinet of curiosities

Cabinets of curiosities, also known as wonder-rooms, were encyclopedic collections of objects whose categorical boundaries were, in Renaissance Europe, yet to be defined. Although more rudimentary collections had preceded them, the classic cabinets of curiosities emerged in the sixteenth century. The term cabinet originally described a room rather than a piece of furniture. Modern terminology would categorize the objects included as belonging to natural history, geology, ethnography, archaeology, religious or historical relics, works of art, and antiquities. In addition to the most famous and best documented cabinets of rulers and aristocrats, members of the merchant class and early practitioners of science in Europe formed collections that were precursors to museums.

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Curio (band)

Curio was a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1995. They were best known to Western audiences for their song "Kimi ni Fureru Dake de", which was used as the fourth opening theme for the popular anime Rurouni Kenshin.

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Curio (brand)

Curio Collection by Hilton is an upscale hotel brand within the Hilton Worldwide portfolio.

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curio

Noun

  1. A strange and interesting object; something that evokes curiosity.
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