Color Names

Pompadour

Royal mistress red, fit for a marquise and her namesake hairstyle.

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Pompadour is a deep maroon, close to plum.

It can be described as deep, rich, dark and dim.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Pompadour

Madame de Pompadour

Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour, commonly known as Madame de Pompadour, was a member of the French court. She was the official chief mistress of King Louis XV from 1745 to 1751, and remained influential as court favourite until her death.

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Pompadour (hairstyle)

The pompadour is a hairstyle named after Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764), a mistress of King Louis XV of France. There are numerous variations of the style for men, women, and children. The basic concept is having a large volume of hair swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead, and sometimes upswept around the sides and back as well.

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pompadour

Noun

  1. A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
  2. A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.

Verb

  1. To style hair into a pompadour
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