ashes of rose
See also: ashes-of-rose
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom the fading color of wilted roses.
Noun
editashes of rose pl (plural only)
- A pinkish gray color.
- 1883 (December), Julia C. R. Dorr, "Bermudian Days", The Atlantic Monthly, page 789
- There are star-fish, sea-urchins, and sea-anemones, — gorgeous creatures in ashes of rose and orange, or in pink and brown with dashes of yellow.
- 1922, Edward Stratton Holloway, The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment, page 47:
- White and black added to the above combinations result in the quieter tones and tints of these — such as old rose, ashes of rose, salmon, red-brown, terra-cotta, brick red and the series of pinkish to orange greys.
- ashes of rose:
- 1883 (December), Julia C. R. Dorr, "Bermudian Days", The Atlantic Monthly, page 789