Color Names

Orchid Shadow

Grey as the space behind an orchid's bloom, where petals block the light.

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Orchid Shadow is a light grey.

It can be described as light, pale and neutral.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Orchid Shadow

Orchid

Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae, a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants, living in diverse habitats on every continent except Antarctica. The world's richest diversity of orchid genera and species is in the tropics. Many species are epiphytes, living on trees. The flowers and their pollination mechanisms are highly specialized, attracting insect pollinators by colour, pattern, scent, pheromones, and sometimes by mimicking female insects. Orchids have very small seeds, relying on fungal partners for germination. Some orchids have no leaves, either photosynthesizing with their roots or relying entirely on fungal partners for food.

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Shadow

A shadow is a dark area on a surface where light from a light source is blocked by an object. In contrast, shade occupies the three-dimensional volume behind an object with light in front of it. The cross-section of a shadow is a two-dimensional silhouette, or a reverse projection of the object blocking the light.

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Orchid (color)

Orchid is a bright rich purple color that resembles the color which various orchids often exhibit.

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orchid

Noun

  1. A plant of the orchid family (Orchidaceae), bearing unusually-shaped flowers of beautiful colours. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. A light bluish-red, violet-red or purple colour.

Adjective

  1. Having a light purple colour.
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shadow

Noun

  1. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  2. Relative darkness, especially as caused by the interruption of light; gloom; obscurity.

Adjective

  1. Unofficial, informal, unauthorized, but acting as though it were.
  2. Having power or influence, but not widely known or recognized.
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