ashes of rose

== English == === Alternative forms === ashes-of-rose === Etymology === From the fading color of wilted roses. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ashes 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.