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Color:
Tender Lilac


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Colors with the same hue:
Quartz
Dark byzantium
Palatinate purple
Byzantium
Bruise Purple
Maximum violet
Byzantine
Radiant Orchid
Dusty Lavender
Brilliant rose
Subtle Pink
Orchid 
Pale magenta[broken anchor]
Light orchid
Delicate Mauve
Shampoo
Similar colors:
Muted Mauve
Thistle 
Pink pearl
Lilac
Dreamy Lavender
Thistle
Light Lilac
Light medium orchid
Pastel violet
Misty Lavender
Faded Lavender
Lilac Luster
Light grayish magenta
Pink lace
Pastel purple
Words evoked by this color:
recent,  22-23,  thistle,  prunella,  plump,  plunk,  plum,  damson,  plumb,  plucked,  plucking,  pluck,  compote,  pruned,  malaga,  orchid,  embrace,  comforting,  bethany,  harmoniously,  massage,  doze,  meredith,  hummed,  palliation,  palliate,  supple,  adagio,  ambience,  palliative,  ambiance,  lilac,  vain,  potassium,  lis,  lully,  evaporating,  transpired,  eyre,  humidity,  transpire,  mizzle,  veiled,  permeate,  passing,  silent,  silently,  whimper,  hesitant,  hesitating
Literary analysis:
The color "tender lilac" is employed to evoke a soft, ethereal quality in literary landscapes. In one instance, a "tender lilac glow" gently permeates the veldt, suggesting a quiet, almost mystical transformation of the scene [1]. In a different portrayal, the hue surfaces as a delicate haze that weaves through an array of washed grays, greens, and saffron-tinted valleys, contributing a subtle warmth to the overall vista [2].
  1. A tender lilac glow was creeping over the veldt .
    — from The Top of the World by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell
  2. The hills lay, a clear pile of washed grays and greens, with saffron tinted valleys between, wound in a haze of tender lilac.
    — from The Kingdom of Slender Swords by Hallie Erminie Rives
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