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  2. Iris (color) - Wikipedia

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    Iris (color) The iris genus contains 260–300 species of flower, many of them of blue and purple shades. Iris is an ambiguous color term, usually referring to shades ranging from blue-violet to violet. However, in certain applications, it has been applied to an even wider array of colors, including pale blue, mauve, pink, and even yellow (the ...

  3. Lavender Graduation - Wikipedia

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    Lavender graduation is an annual graduation ceremony conducted at universities to honor LGBTQ students and acknowledge their accomplishments and contributions. [1] [2] It was created by Ronni Sanlo, a lesbian keynote speaker in LGBTQ communities. [3] Lavender graduation is an informal complement to an institution's formal commencement ceremony ...

  4. List of awareness ribbons - Wikipedia

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    1992. Chronic Granulomatous Disorder Society in the UK [85] Hereditary/genetic diseases – Jeans for Genes campaign [9] [85] [4] Red, white and blue ribbon. 2011. Used in Omaha, Nebraska, after a deadly shooting at Millard South High School (Matches to the school's colors) [86] Awareness ribbon for Parkinson's UK.

  5. Complementary colors - Wikipedia

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    In the traditional RYB color model, the complementary color pairs are red – green, yellow – purple, and blue – orange. Opponent process theory suggests that the most contrasting color pairs are red–green and blue–yellow. The black - white color pair is common to all the above theories.

  6. Pastel (color) - Wikipedia

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    Pastel colors are characterized by their gentle, subtle quality, [4] often conveying a feeling of innocence and sophistication. The colors of this family are usually described as "soothing." [5] Pink, mauve, [6] and baby blue [7] are commonly used pastel colors, as are mint green, peach, periwinkle, lilac, and lavender.

  7. Limonium - Wikipedia

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    Limonium is a genus of about 600 flowering plant species. Members are also known as sea-lavender, statice, caspia or marsh-rosemary. Despite their common names, species are not related to the lavenders or to rosemary. They are instead in Plumbaginaceae, the plumbago or leadwort family.

  8. Fuchsia (color) - Wikipedia

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    Fuchsia ( / ˈfjuːʃə /, FEW-shə) is a vivid pinkish-purplish- red color, [1] named after the color of the flower of the fuchsia plant, which was named by a French botanist, Charles Plumier, after the 16th-century German botanist Leonhart Fuchs . The color fuchsia was introduced as the color of a new aniline dye called fuchsine, patented in ...

  9. Jadeite - Wikipedia

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    Jadeite is a pyroxene mineral with composition Na Al Si 2 O 6. It is hard ( Mohs hardness of about 6.5 to 7.0), very tough, and dense, with a specific gravity of about 3.4. It is found in a wide range of colors, but is most often found in shades of green or white. Jadeite is formed only in the subduction zones of continental margins, where rock ...