Color Names

Nacre

Mother-of-pearl's gentle glow, the inside of a shell worn smooth.

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Nacre 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.

Nacre

Nacre

Nacre, also known as mother-of-pearl, is an organic–inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer. It is also the material of which pearls are composed. It is strong, resilient, and iridescent.

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nacre

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  1. A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. A pearly substance made mainly of stacked layers of aragonite and organic matter which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
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