Color Names

Diminished Red

Faded, almost not red at all, a whisper of rose.

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Diminished Red is a pale grey.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Diminished Red

Red

Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. It has a dominant wavelength of approximately 625–750 nanometers. It is a primary color in the RGB color model and a secondary color in the CMYK color model, and is the complementary color of cyan. Reds range from the brilliant yellow-tinged scarlet and vermillion to bluish-red crimson, and vary in shade from the pale red pink to the dark red burgundy.

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diminished

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of diminish

Adjective

  1. lessened, reduced
  2. made to seem less important, impressive, or valuable
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red

Noun

  1. The color of the setting sun, blood, and strawberries; the color which is evoked by the longest visible wavelengths (between about 625–740 nm), and a primary additive color.
  2. A revolutionary socialist or (most commonly) a Communist; a Bolshevik, a supporter of the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War.

Adjective

  1. Of a red hue.
  2. Having an orange-brown or orange-blond colour; ginger.
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