Color Names

Lime-Washed

Weathered plaster, once brightened with a lime rinse, now faded to mist.

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Lime-Washed is a pale grey, close to white.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Lime-Washed

lime

Noun

  1. Any inorganic material containing calcium, usually calcium oxide (quicklime) or calcium hydroxide (slaked lime).
  2. Any gluey or adhesive substance that traps or captures; sometimes a synonym for birdlime.

Verb

  1. To treat with calcium hydroxide or calcium oxide (lime).
  2. To smear with birdlime.
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washed

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of wash

Adjective

  1. Ellipsis of washed up.
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