blanched etiolate etiolated whitened

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.

1.Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water; a colorless gas.

Note: [Narrower terms: ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale, pallid, pasty, wan, waxen; neutral; white] [Also See: achromatic, colorless.] [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2.Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless. [1913 Webster]

3.having lost its normal color.

Note: [Narrower terms: blanched, etiolate, etiolated, whitened; bleached, faded, washed-out, washy; dimmed, dulled, grayed; dirty; dull, sober, somber, subfusc] colored

Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

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