antique rose

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antique rose (uncountable)

1. A rosy pink color with a slight grayish tinge, like an old dried rose.
   • 2006, Linda Goodnight, A Very Special Delivery, page 270:

     Molly pulled the heavy antique-rose drape away from the window and peered out.

   • 2014, Christopher Golden, Snowblind, unnumbered page:

     The walls had been painted an antique-rose hue but he'd left the plates off the outlets.

   • 2015, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Seedless in Seattle, unnumbered page:

     Just before eight o'clock, Sorcha finally settles on an outfit for the morning: we're talking a delaine twill blazer in antique rose by Theory, […]

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