Graduated Shading
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The main color can shade from the center to the edge of the petal. The flowering can begin with a color (pink here) which shades and brightens as the flower opens out.
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Marginated white
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The flowers are bicolors. A dominant color (pink here) fills allmost all the petal surface. The edges have a thin white strip.
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Marginated pink
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A variant of two-colored flower, mostly white and a thin pink strip on the periphery.
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Marginated red
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On this flower, a thicker red strip if added to the dominant white color.
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Striped white
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The petals have several colors. White stripes converge towards the center of the petal. Some have the term "Nishiki" in their name (ie ' Nishiki-kirin') to emphasis this characteristic.
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Striped pink
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You can also find pink stripes.
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Striped red
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A last possibility on this flower, red stripes. Sometimes you can also find pink and red stripes on the same flower.
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Blotched white
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The petals can be more or less blotched. This second hue, here white, contraste with the base color. The spots are more or less numerous and extended.
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Blotched pink
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The petals can also be spotted pink. Note that the size and arrangement of spots varies from a camellia to another.
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Blotched red
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Spots can also be very discreet, here, the red spots are very small.
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