Color Names

Garnet Evening

Garnet darkness, the deep red of a cut gemstone at dusk.

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Garnet Evening is a medium maroon, close to plum.

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

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Garnet Evening

Garnet

Garnets are a group of silicate minerals that have been used since the Bronze Age as gemstones and abrasives.

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Evening

Evening is the period of a day that begins at the end of afternoon and overlaps with the beginning of night. It starts when the sun is close to the horizon and, according to most definitions, spans the period of night before bedtime or midnight. The exact times when evening begins and ends are subjective and depend on location and time of year. In some cases, evening is considered to begin during daylight; before sunset.

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Shades of red

Varieties of the color red may differ in hue, chroma, lightness, or in two or three of these qualities. Variations in value are also called tints and shades, a tint being a red or other hue mixed with white, a shade being mixed with black. A large selection of these various colors is shown below.

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garnet

Noun

  1. A hard transparent mineral that is often used as gemstones and abrasives.
  2. A dark red color, like that of the gemstone.

Adjective

  1. Of a dark red colour.
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evening

Noun

  1. The time of day between afternoon and night.
  2. The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of even
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