Color Names

Deep Terra Cotta

Earthy, fired clay, the colour of old, sun-baked pots.

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Deep Terra Cotta is a medium brown, close to mauve.

It can be described as medium, moderate, dim and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Deep Terra Cotta

Terracotta

Terracotta, also known as terra cotta or terra-cotta, is a clay-based non-vitreous ceramic fired at relatively low temperatures. The term is used for earthenware objects of certain types, as set out below.

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deep

Adjective

  1. Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.

Adverb

  1. Far, especially far down through something or into something, physically or figuratively.
  2. In a profound, not superficial, manner.
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terra

Noun

  1. A geologic and geographic region of a celestial body which is a highland analogous to a continent or large landmass.

Noun

  1. Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.
  2. The material world as opposed to the heavens.
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cotta

Noun

  1. A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
  2. A kind of coarse woolen blanket.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of katha (“unit of area”).
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