Color Names

Pincushion

Faded, dusty rose, like the velvet on a grandmother's pin holder.

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Pincushion is a warm grey, close to mauve.

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

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Pincushion

Pincushion

A pincushion is a small, stuffed cushion, typically 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) across, which is used in sewing to store pins or needles with their heads protruding to take hold of them easily, collect them, and keep them organized.

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Pincushion (song)

"Pincushion" is a song by American rock band ZZ Top, released in January 1994 by RCA Records as the first single from their 11th studio album, Antenna (1994). The song was written by the band and produced by Bill Ham. It spent four weeks atop the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and became a top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart.

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pincushion

Noun

  1. A device, originally like a small, stuffed cushion, designed to have sewing pins and needles stuck into it to store them safely; some modern pincushions hold the objects magnetically.
  2. The names of various plants with flowers or other parts resembling a pincushion.

Verb

  1. To jab or stick repeatedly with one or more sharp objects, as with pins into a pincushion.
  2. To assume the shape of a pincushion; specifically, of the image on a computer display, television, etc., to exhibit pincushion distortion, where the sides curve inwards.
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