faded colour

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Refers to a colour that has become less bright.

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  • The old T-shirt had a faded colour after years of washing.
  • The faded colour of the old curtains made the room look tired.
  • I quite like the faded colour of these vintage jeans; it gives them character.
  • She noticed the faded colour on her favorite dress after washing it.
  • The photograph from the 1970s showed a world in faded colour.
  • The painting's faded colours told the story of decades in sunlight.
  • All that remains of that summer are a few snapshots with a distinctively faded colour.
  • His faded blue jeans had lost their original vibrant colour.
  • The wallpaper's once-vibrant pattern has become a faded colour due to sun exposure.
  • The faded colour of the book cover showed its age.
  • We decided to repaint the room because the faded colour of the walls was too depressing.
  • We decided to repaint the walls because of their faded colour.
  • The artist intentionally used a faded colour palette to evoke a sense of nostalgia.
  • The faded colours in the photograph gave it a vintage charm.
  • By late autumn, the leaves have lost their brilliance and are just a faded colour of brown and yellow.
  • Her grandmother's quilt displayed beautiful but faded colours.
  • His memory of the event was like an old painting, with the emotion just a faded colour.
  • The faded colour of the carpet revealed heavy foot traffic.
  • If you leave the curtains in direct sunlight, their bright red will eventually become a faded colour.
  • Despite the faded colour, the vintage poster remained valuable.