dans une épaisseur veloutée
English translation: into a velvety blackness
| 10:15 May 21, 2011 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / sculpture | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Just Opera Belgium Local time: 05:59 | ||||||
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night cools the colours with a deep soft haze Explanation: an idea |
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deep velvety hue Explanation: Night turned the mixture of colours into a "deep velvety hue". or The night transformed the colour medley into a "deep velvety hue." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 48 mins (2011-05-21 11:03:25 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Or maybe: The night SOFTENED the colour medley into a DEEP VELVETY HUE. |
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peer agreement (net): +1At night the colours become muted into a soft vevety blend Explanation: Just a try. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs (2011-05-21 12:57:17 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- velvety............ |
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in a velvety depth Explanation: I think this would work. E.g. Night mutes the profusion of colours in a/its velvety depth. |
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At nightfall colours soften in a cloudy haze Explanation: Hi, a try... |
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into a velvety blackness Explanation: Following this line of thinking: épaisseur = pitch (thick) darkness, depths of the night velvet relating to velvet painting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_painting the absence of all colors creates absolute black. i.e the colors fade away (literally mix) into black. |
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