Color Names

Teasel Dipsacus

Vibrant purple like the fuzzy flowers on a teasel head.

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Teasel Dipsacus is a bright purple, close to lavender.

It can be described as bright, vivid, brilliant and glowing.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Teasel Dipsacus

Dipsacus

Dipsacus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. The members of this genus are known as teasel. The genus includes about 15 species of tall herbaceous biennial plants growing to 1–2.5 metres (3.3–8.2 ft) tall. Dipsacus species are native to Europe, Asia and Africa.

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teasel

Noun

  1. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
  2. The dried fruiting head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativa, used for teasing or carding cloth.

Verb

  1. To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.
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