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🤍 Ivory-like color 🔘 Fake ivory material
ivorine

ivorine

8.7
Having a pale creamy white color and a smooth surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈaɪvərɪn/
translation icon : ivorina
  • The walls were painted in a soft ivorine hue.

Examples

  • The antique piano had ivorine keys that looked almost identical to real ivory.

  • She wore an elegant dress in a soft ivorine shade for the wedding.

  • The artist chose ivorine paint to capture the delicate color of the elephant's tusks.

  • She chose an ivorine dress for the wedding.

  • The antique figurine was crafted from ivorine, giving it a beautiful, ivory-like appearance.

  • She chose an ivorine necklace because it resembled real ivory but was more affordable.

  • The artist used ivorine for the sculpture, achieving a stunning resemblance to genuine ivory.

Synonyms

ivory
vsivorine
9 3.5

A pale creamy white color like elephant tusks

focuses on both color and surface texture rather than only color
alabaster
vsivorine
5 7.6

A very pale white color like polished stone

is slightly warmer and less translucent in shade than this color
creamy-colored
vsivorine
1.9

Pale yellowish white like fresh cream

is less yellow and more neutral in tone than this shade

Antonyms

dark
∞ 1.0

With little or no light and not bright

How Ivory-Colored

ivory
9 3.5
ivorine
8.7
off-white
1 3.0

Surface Forms

ivorine positive

Morphology

ivorine = ivory (transparent) = ivory + ine

Formed directly from 'ivory' with the productive suffix '-ine' meaning 'of or like ivory'; the meaning 'ivory-coloured' is easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

Ivorine comes from ivory, the hard white material from elephant tusks, plus the ending -ine which means 'like'. So ivorine means 'like ivory' and is used to describe a soft white color or smooth, ivory-like feel.