Color Names

Lion of Hadrian

Faded marble, the color of imperial stone, worn smooth by Roman rains.

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Lion of Hadrian is a pale grey, close to beige.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Lion of Hadrian

Lion

The lion is a large cat of the genus Panthera, currently ranging only in Sub-Saharan Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; a short, rounded head; round ears; and a dark, hairy tuft at the tip of its tail. It is sexually dimorphic; adult male lions are larger than females and have a prominent mane that extends from the head to the shoulders and chest.

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Hadrian

Hadrian was the Roman emperor from 117 to 138. His form of address as Roman emperor was Imperator Caesar Traianus Hadrianus Augustus. Hadrian was born in Italica, in the present-day Andalusian province of Seville in southern Spain, an Italic settlement in Hispania Baetica; his gens Aelia came from the town of Hadria in central Italy. He was a member of the Nerva–Antonine dynasty.

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Lion (color)

Lion is a color that is a representation of the average color of the fur of a lion.

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lion

Noun

  1. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  2. A male lion, as opposed to a lioness, which is characterized by having a flowing shaggy mane and taking little part in hunting, which can be done cooperatively.

Adjective

  1. Of the light brown color that resembles the fur of a lion.
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