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uncolored

uncolored

1 3.5
Having no color and looking clear or pale
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkʌlɚd/
  • US
: incoloro
  • The artist chose to leave the canvas uncolored, allowing the natural texture of the material to show through.

Examples

  • An uncolored photograph can sometimes evoke a sense of nostalgia for the past.

  • A circle representing a member of the Assemblies of God could be colored red, and an individual whose affiliation and beliefs are unknown could be left uncolored.

    Academic text (2005)
  • The uncolored walls of the room made it feel bright and spacious.

Synonyms

colorless
vsuncolored
  • US
13 2.9

Having very little or no color

focuses on missing pigment rather than dull appearance
untinted
vsuncolored
1 4.0

Clear and natural because it has no added color

means absence of color or pigment not just absence of added tint
untinged
vsuncolored
1 7.5

Showing no sign of a feeling, quality, or color

refers only to visual absence of color or pigment
unpigmented
vsuncolored
  • Specialized
1 7.1

Having no color in the skin, fur, or body tissue

is the general absence of color regardless of pigment
hueless
vsuncolored
1 9.4

Something that has no color and looks grey or pale

refers to lack of color because of missing pigment

Antonyms

colored
  • US
279 1.0

Having a color, natural or added

How Colorful

vivid
42 3.0
colored
  • US
279 1.0
tinted
33 3.2
pale
301 1.0
uncolored
  • US
1 3.5

Surface Forms

uncolored positive
uncoloured positive

Morphology

uncolored = colored (transparent) = un + color + ed

The adjective is formed by straightforward prefixation: 'un-' negates 'colored'.

Etymology

Uncolored is made of un- meaning 'not' and color meaning 'a shade or pigment'. So uncolored literally means 'not colored' and can describe things that have no color or speech that shows no added feeling.