antique rose

noun

A rosy pink color with a slight grayish tinge, like an old dried rose.

Meanings

nounantique rose (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA rosy pink color with a slight grayish tinge, like an old dried rose.

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

    2006, Linda Goodnight, A Very Special Delivery, page 270
    2 more examples

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

    2014, Christopher Golden, Snowblind, 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, […]

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