"faded picture" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a photograph or painting that has lost color or clarity over time. Example: I found an old box of my grandmother's photos and I saw a faded picture of her when she was a child.
He pulled out a faded picture of him at age 2, sitting on his father's motorcycle.
In a side pocket, a faded picture of two boys and a girl in braces, squinting on a beach.
In one, he sees a dusty and faded picture he describes as "an armored figure standing in a desolate landscape.
Snap a picture outside of a building in New York City and you'll get this printout from the camera: "This is a faded picture of a dilapidated building.
When I visited him on another occasion, he had placed under the microscope a faded picture of Venice that was potentially by J. M. W. Turner.
Below a faded picture of Miles Davis in a pair of Mr. Falchi's trousers from the '70s was an oblong piece of crocodile.
All these realities exist not just in faded pictures but as your reality.
One building holds the dining room, which has tile floors and white walls that are sparsely decorated with faded pictures of Kashmir's snow-capped mountains.
ON THE SCREEN The ad starts with grainy, faded pictures Mr. Obama on the campaign trail in 2008, interspersed with images of empty storefronts and for sale homes with foreclosure signs hanging out front.
Where Gaga, Kanye and Nicki Minaj provided retina-scorching entertainment, the indie scene threw up awkward teenagers making music on laptops and hiding behind faded pictures of palm trees.
One of her prized possessions is a photo album of faded pictures beneath sticky plastic, showing her father happy, with wavy long hair and a child in each arm.
