Color Names

Greek Lavender

Dusty, weathered lavender, like the dried bunches hung from a Greek doorframe.

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Greek Lavender is a cool purple, close to lavender.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Greek Lavender

Lavandula

Lavandula is a genus of 47 known species of perennial flowering plants in the sage family, Lamiaceae. It is native to regions of the Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean coastline, the Middle East, extending to the Indian subcontinent.

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Lavender (color)

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name.

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greek

Noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“nonsense writing or talk; gibberish”).
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Greek (“anal sex”).

Verb

  1. To display a placeholder (instead of text), especially to optimize speed in displaying text that would be too small to read.
  2. To fill a template with nonsense text (particularly the Lorem ipsum), so that form can be focused on instead of content.
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lavender

Noun

  1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
  2. A pale bluish purple or violet colour, like that of the lavender flower.

Adjective

  1. Having a pale purple colour.
  2. Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
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