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Cut Velvet

Soft, crushed purple velvet, like a bruise on a luxury sofa.

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Cut Velvet 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.

Cut Velvet

Velvet

Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel. Historically, velvet was typically made from silk. Modern velvet can be made from silk, linen, cotton, wool, synthetic fibers, silk-cotton blends, or synthetic-natural fiber blends.

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cut

Symbol

  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Teutila Cuicatec.

Verb

  1. To incise, to cut into the surface of something.
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velvet

Noun

  1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
  2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

Verb

  1. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
  2. To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
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