Quill
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the fountain pen, and the ballpoint pen.
Read on WikipediaFaded grey of a well-worn quill, its ink long dried.
Quill is a pale grey, close to beige.
It can be described as pale, delicate, faded and unsaturated.
Set in black, because black reads best on it.
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen, the fountain pen, and the ballpoint pen.
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