English > colourless: 2 senses > adjective 2| Meaning | Weak in color; not colorful. |
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| Synonym | colorless |
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| Attribute of | color, colour, vividness | interest and variety and intensity |
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| Narrower | ashen, blanched, bloodless, livid, white | anemic looking from illness or emotion |
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| bleached, faded, washed-out, washy | Having lost freshness or brilliance of color |
| drab, sober, somber, sombre | lacking brightness or color |
| dulled, greyed | deprived of color / color / color |
| etiolate, etiolated, blanched | (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light |
| lurid | ghastly pale / pale |
| pale, pallid, wan | abnormally deficient in color / color as suggesting physical or emotional distress / distress |
| pasty, pastelike | resembling paste in color / color / color |
| prefaded | (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means |
| waxen, waxlike, waxy | Having the paleness of wax |
| white, whitened | (of hair) having lost its color / color / color |
| See also | achromatic, neutral | Having no hue |
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| Opposite | colorful, colourful | Having striking color |
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| Spanish | incoloro |
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| Catalan | incolor |
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| Nouns | colourlessness | the visual property of being without chromatic color |
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