colorless
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2.9
- adjective
- /ˈkʌlərləs/
- US
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incoloro
- Four carats, colorless, grade E, Clarity: VVS-1, emerald cut.
- colorless liquid
- colorless, odorless
- clear and colorless
So we found totally colourless underlinings in the books.
- So we found totally colourless underlinings in the books.
- So it's two of each colourless toxic gas.
- Now color refers to actually how colorless the diamond is.
- It was like it was transparent, colorless.
- And so I was working with this little Eppendorf tube with a drop of colourless liquid at the bottom of it, you know, a few microliters.
Examples
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Here are two colorless liquids, one is water, the other alcohol.
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I thought that in the colorless blues of the hall, they looked almost normal.
Fiction book (1993) -
Would this be a colorless compound?
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In powder form, it's colorless, odorless and incredibly dangerous.
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His face was ruddy and his eyebrows so pale they seemed colorless, almost translucent.
Fiction book (1990) -
Smog, fog, and whatever else made the sky colorless, timeless, and more opaque than gray.
Fiction book (2000) -
The mouth is pinched, colorless; the nose angular; the eyes immobile and gray, like frozen water.
Fiction book (1996) -
The liquid appeared colorless, making it difficult to identify at first glance.
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Water is often described as colorless, yet it is essential for all known forms of life.
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The artist chose colorless materials for the sculpture to emphasize the play of light.
Synonyms
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1.0
Has very light color and often looks sick or afraid
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2.5
An image, film, or pattern that uses only black, white and gray
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1.0
Not bright or shiny with weak colour
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4.4
A color or object that has lost brightness and looks pale
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4.2
Shown only in shades of gray with no color
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8.1
Colors that do not have any hue, like black, white, and gray
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7.2
Not shiny and showing little energy or life
Something that has no color and looks grey or pale
Having no color and looking clear or white
Having no color and looking clear or pale
Showing no sign of a feeling, quality, or color
A color made less bright by mixing it with white or grey
Having weak color so pictures or photos look pale
A color that is not bright and looks soft
Having a light color that is not bright
A light color that is not strong
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Etymology
Colorless is made of color ('shade') and the ending -less ('without'). So colorless literally means 'without color', which explains its use for a diamond, a solution, or anything that shows no color.