Color Names

Royal Velvet

Dark, regal fabric, fit for a monarch's cloak or a Gothic novel.

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Royal Velvet is a dark grey, close to purple.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Royal Velvet

Velvet

Velvet is a type of woven fabric with a dense, even pile that gives it a distinctive soft feel. Historically, velvet was typically made from silk. Modern velvet can be made from silk, linen, cotton, wool, synthetic fibers, silk-cotton blends, or synthetic-natural fiber blends.

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royal

Adjective

  1. Of or relating to a monarch or his (or her) family.
  2. Having the air or demeanour of a monarch; illustrious; magnanimous; of more than common size or excellence.

Noun

  1. A royal person; a member of a royal family.
  2. A standard size of printing paper, measuring 25 by 20 inches.
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velvet

Noun

  1. A closely woven fabric (originally of silk, now also of cotton or man-made fibres) with a thick short pile on one side.
  2. Very fine fur, including the skin and fur on a deer's antlers.

Verb

  1. To cover with velvet or with a covering of a similar texture.
  2. To coat raw meat in starch, then in oil, preparatory to frying.
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