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colorlessness

colorlessness

7.0
When something has no color, it looks pale or clear
  • noun
  • /ˈkʌlərləsnəs/
  • US
translation icon : incolora

Examples

  • "Tides" is a mild pop song that never reaches a real climax, and "Unfold" presented more of the same sadness and despair immersed in overall colorlessness.

    Blog text (12)

  • There were goats tethered to posts, cement-block homes painted pink, turquoise, or peach but weathered into colorlessness, the flat hue of decay.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • The artist chose to paint the landscape in tones of gray to emphasize its colorlessness.

  • The abandoned building stood in stark colorlessness, blending into the overcast sky.

  • After years of neglect, the once-vibrant mural faded into a state of complete colorlessness.

Synonyms

achromaticity
vscolorlessness
  • Specialized
9.9

The quality of having no color, like black, white, or grey

applies broadly and is not limited to perception or materials
achromatism
vscolorlessness
  • Specialized
9.9

A lack of color in vision or objects

is used generally rather than being limited to optics or vision

Antonyms

color
  • US
∞ 1.0

The way something looks because of its red, blue, or green shade

colorfulness
  • US
2.5

The quality of having many bright colors

How Colorful

vividness
  • Specialized
1 4.1
undersaturated
  • Specialized
7.0
paleness
3 4.3
colorlessness
  • US
7.0

Surface Forms

colorlessness singular
colourlessness singular

Morphology

colorlessness = colorless (transparent) = color + less + ness

Formed by adding the productive noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clear adjective 'colorless', yielding the state of being without color.

Etymology

Colorlessness is made from the familiar word color meaning 'color', the ending -less meaning 'without', and -ness which makes a noun. So, colorlessness simply means 'without color', like clear glass, very pale skin, or a white object.