Color Names

Tidal Basin

Reflecting pool blue, where cherry blossoms meet the Jefferson Memorial.

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Tidal Basin is a soft blue.

It can be described as soft, light, fresh and rather unsaturated.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Tidal Basin

Tidal Basin

The Tidal Basin is a man-made reservoir located between the Potomac River and the Washington Channel in Washington, D.C. The Basin is part of West Potomac Park, is near the National Mall and is a focal point of the National Cherry Blossom Festival held each spring. The nearby Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial overlook the Basin, which is south of the Washington Monument.

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tidal basin

Noun

  1. A type of basin, usually provided for shipping, where the tide rises and falls, without a constant depth of water.
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