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2. Tekhelet - Wikipedia

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   Lapis lazuli can vary between blue and purple-blue, and according to some sources the preferred shade of lapis lazuli in the Near East was purple-blue. [24] However, Mesopotamian mythology asserted that visible sky is a layer of lapis lazuli stone underlying Heaven, suggesting a sky-blue color for the stone.

3. List of colors (alphabetical) - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 June 2024. For other color lists, see Lists of colors. This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources. Find sources: "List of colors" alphabetical – news ...

4. Kente cloth - Wikipedia

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   Kente refers to a Ghanaian textile made of hand-woven strips of silk and cotton. [1] Historically the fabric was worn in a toga -like fashion by royalty among the Ashanti and Akan. According to Ashanti oral tradition, it originated from Bonwire in the Ashanti region of Ghana. In modern day Ghana, the wearing of kente cloth has become widespread ...

5. Zazzle - Wikipedia

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   Zazzle is an American online marketplace that allows designers and customers to create their own products with independent manufacturers (clothing, posters, etc.), as well as use images from participating companies. Zazzle has partnered with many brands to amass a collection of digital images from companies like Disney, Warner Brothers and NCAA ...

6. Heather (fabric) - Wikipedia

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   Heather (fabric) Mark Zuckerberg in blue heather shirt. In clothing, heather refers to a color effect created by mixing two or more different colored fibers or yarns. [1][2] It is interwoven yarns of mixed colors, and possibly the type of fiber, producing another color. [3] It is typically used to mix multiple shades of grey or grey with ...

7. Mauve - Wikipedia

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   Mauve (/ ˈmoʊv / ⓘ, mohv; [2] / ˈmɔːv / ⓘ, mawv) is a pale purple color [3][4] named after the mallow flower (French: mauve). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow, [5] with the first ...

8. Shades of purple - Wikipedia

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   Shades of purple. There are numerous variations of the color purple, a sampling of which is shown below. In common English usage, purple is a range of hues of color occurring between red and blue. [1] However, the meaning of the term purple is not well defined. There is confusion about the meaning of the terms purple and violet even among ...

9. Shot silk - Wikipedia

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   Shot silk (also called changeant, [1] changeable silk, changeable taffeta, cross-color, changeable fabric, [2] or "dhoop chaon" ("sunshine shade")[3]) is a fabric which is made up of silk woven from warp and weft yarns of two or more colours producing an iridescent appearance. [4] A "shot" is a single throw of the bobbin that carries the weft ...