Color Names

Pink Cardoon

Faded flower color, the pale wash of a cardoon's soft, edible stem.

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Pink Cardoon is a pale grey, close to pink.

It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and unsaturated.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Pink Cardoon

Cardoon

The cardoon, also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the family Asteraceae. It is a naturally occurring species that also has many cultivated forms, including the globe artichoke. It is native to the Mediterranean region, where it was domesticated in ancient times and still occurs as a wild plant.

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Pink

Pink is a pale tint of red or rose, the color of the pink flower. It was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. A combination of pink and white is associated with innocence, whereas a combination of pink and black links to eroticism and seduction.

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pink

Noun

  1. A color reminiscent of pinks, the flowers.
  2. Magenta, the colour evoked by red and blue light when combined.

Adjective

  1. Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
  2. Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
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cardoon

Noun

  1. Any member of the species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke.
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