Unfading

Keeping its color or freshness over time.

Reach for it when Describing a material, image, or natural feature whose appearance lasts.

Mineral pigment gave the restored sign an unfading blue border.

• everyday

  lasting

  appearance or effect continues for a long time

  not when does not promise unchanged intensity

• professional

  colorfast

  dye resists washing or light exposure

  not when technical and limited to colored material

Remaining vivid, valued, or emotionally strong through the years.

Reach for it when Praising memory, affection, gratitude, or honor that does not diminish.

She carried unfading gratitude for the neighbor who found her brother.

• playful

  evergreen

  fresh relevance survives changing fashions

  not when not for literal pigment or solemn remembrance

• warm

  enduring

  affection or value persists through hardship

  not when allows gradual fading while still continuing

• literary

  deathless

  honor or fame is imagined as immortal

  not when too grand for personal everyday gratitude

• literary

  indelible

  a memory leaves a mark that cannot be erased

  not when can describe painful as well as positive memories

• fading
• bleached
• fleeting

• unfading color

  Unfading color made the woven banner suitable for the sunny hall.

• unfading memory

  An unfading memory of the rescue drew them back each spring.

• unfading affection

  Their unfading affection survived distance and long silences.