Color Names

Manilla Rope

Faded abacá rope, once strong as a sailor's grip, now worn and pale.

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Manilla Rope 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.

Manilla Rope

Abacá

Abacá, also known as Manila hemp, is a species of banana, Musa textilis, endemic to the Philippines. The plant grows to 13–22 feet (4.0–6.7 m) and has great economic importance, being harvested for its fiber extracted from the leaf-stems.

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Rope

A rope is a group of yarns, plies, fibres, or strands that are twisted or braided together into a larger and stronger form. Ropes have high tensile strength and can be used for dragging and lifting. Rope is thicker and stronger than similarly constructed cord, string, and twine.

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manilla

Noun

  1. A penannular armlet, sometimes worn on the leg or neck or used as an ornament, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Adjective

  1. Alternative spelling of manila (“made of or colored like manila paper”).
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rope

Noun

  1. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
  2. An individual length of such material.

Verb

  1. To tie (something) with rope.
  2. To throw a rope (or something similar, e.g. a lasso, cable, wire, etc.) around (something).
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