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The NARS brand is renowned for its clever color names, and a source from the NARS Marketing Department confirms that François Nars himself is responsible for coming up with all of them. While it isn't clear whether the name came before the colors were developed or vice versa, Nars is clearly communicating some underlying idea by naming the color after one of classical myth's most tragic and enigmatic heroines.

The grey shade has blue undertones and purple shade has distinct yellow and brown undertones. When a person is bitten by a snake, as Eurydice was, the area directly surrounding the bite becomes a dark blue that gradiates outward to purple and yellow. Therefore, the current working hypothesis is that the colors are intended to duplicate the colors of bruised flesh.

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