Color Names

Old Amethyst

Dusty, faded purple, like a gemstone left too long in a drawer.

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Old Amethyst is a cool grey.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Old Amethyst

Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of natural quartz. Ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication. Amethyst, a semiprecious stone, is often used in jewelry. It occurs mostly in association with calcite, quartz, smoky quartz, hematite, pyrite, fluorite, goethite, agate, and chalcedony.

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Lavender (color)

Lavender is a light shade of purple or violet. It applies particularly to the color of the flower of the same name.

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old

Symbol

  1. ISO 639-3 language code for Mochi.

Adjective

  1. Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
  2. Of a living being, having lived for most of the expected years.
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amethyst

Noun

  1. A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
  2. A purple colour.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone
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