Color Names

Radicchio

Italian leaf chicory, its bitter leaves a deep, rich purple.

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Radicchio is a muted purple, close to mauve.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Radicchio

Radicchio

Radicchio is a perennial cultivated form of leaf chicory, commonly used in Italian cuisine. It is grown as a leaf vegetable and usually has colourful, white-veined red leaves that form a head. Radicchio has a bitter and spicy taste that mellows if it is grilled or roasted.

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radicchio

Noun

  1. A cultivar of chicory (Cichorium intybus var. foliosum) with red leaves and a slightly bitter taste, eaten as a salad vegetable or grilled.
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