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This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.

If a word conforms to a special rule, I call it a Fade Word™.
Use the following examples below to find the rule.

Fade Words™ Not Fade Words™
WHITE BLACK
ORANGE PLUM
SALMON TEAL
TOMATO OLIVE
LAVENDER ORCHID
WHEAT CHOCOLATE
THISTLE VIOLET
SEASHELL NAVY
GOLD SILVER
LINEN SIENNA

And, if you want to analyze, here is a CSV version:

Fade Words™,Not Fade Words™
WHITE,BLACK
ORANGE,PLUM
SALMON,TEAL
TOMATO,OLIVE
LAVENDER,ORCHID
WHEAT,CHOCOLATE
THISTLE,VIOLET
SEASHELL,NAVY
GOLD,SILVER
LINEN,SIENNA

Hint 1:

FADE

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A Fade Word™ is

An X11 color name with an F anywhere in its three hex values

As shown by

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Incidentally

Many of the words also happen to align with the rule that their R, G, and B values are in descending order, but not all of them

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    $\begingroup$ You've identified the "F"ade colors :P $\endgroup$
    – Conifers
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 5:13

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