Faded means having lost its colour through washing or sun. Faded jeans, a faded photograph, faded curtains.
It is a fault in curtains and a selling point in denim, which is a good demonstration that the word carries no judgement of its own. Of a photograph it means the dyes have broken down, which happens fastest in light. Figuratively, a faded star is somebody past their best. Note fade away; fade in and fade out, which are the standard terms in film and sound.
1adjectivefadedHaving lost colour through washing or sun.
“The faded wallpaper showed a brighter square where a picture had once hung.”
2adjectivepastPast its best.
“The hotel was grand once, but now it has a faded, tired look.”
faded is a state of lost colour.
Practised in Clothes & Fashion