Color Names

Festoon Aqua

Dusty ribbon, once a garland of flowers, now faded over a forgotten fountain.

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Festoon Aqua is a cool grey, close to teal.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Festoon Aqua

Festoon

A festoon is a wreath or garland hanging from two points, and in architecture typically a carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons. The motif is sometimes known as a swag when depicting fabric or linen.

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Aqua (color)

Aqua is a variation of the color cyan. The normalized color coordinates for the two web colors named aqua and cyan are identical. It was one of the three secondary colors of the RGB color model used on computer and television displays. In the HSV color wheel aqua is precisely halfway between blue and green. However, aqua is not the same as the primary subtractive color named process cyan used in printing.

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festoon

Noun

  1. An ornament such as a garland or chain which hangs loosely from two tacked spots.
  2. A bas-relief, painting, or structural motif resembling such an ornament.

Verb

  1. To decorate as if with ornaments, such as garlands or chains, which hang loosely from two tacked spots.
  2. To make festoons.
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aqua

Noun

  1. Water (as a compound).
  2. A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green, most often similar to the colour cyan, though also sometimes closer to turquoise or aquamarine.

Adjective

  1. Of a greenish-blue colour.
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