Color Names

Honed Steel

Dull blade, once sharpened, now dusty from disuse.

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Honed Steel is a warm grey.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Honed Steel

Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon that demonstrates improved mechanical properties compared to the pure form of iron. Due to its high elastic modulus, yield strength, fracture strength and low raw material cost, steel is one of the most commonly manufactured materials in the world. Steel is used in structures, in bridges, infrastructure, tools, ships, trains, cars, bicycles, machines, electrical appliances, furniture, and weapons.

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Steel blue

Steel blue is a shade of blue color that resembles blue steel, i.e., steel which has been subjected to bluing for protection from rust. It is one of the less vibrant shades of blue, and is usually identified as a blue-gray color. An archaic term for it is chalybeous.

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honed

Adjective

  1. Made sharp.
  2. Made more accurate or precise.

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of hone
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steel

Noun

  1. An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
  2. Any item made of this metal, particularly including.

Adjective

  1. Made of steel.
  2. Similar to steel in color, strength, or the like; steely.
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