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to unwhite

9.9

To make something a color other than white

verb
/ʌnˈwaɪt/

: desblanquear

She decided to unwhite the walls of her home.

Examples

They decided to unwhite the fabric by dyeing it a deep blue for the upholstery.
The artist wanted to unwhite the canvas before starting a new painting.
To match the decor, she chose to unwhite the curtains with a soft gray tint.
Don't unwhite that area!
They decided to unwhite the fabric by dyeing it a deep blue for the upholstery.
To match the decor, she chose to unwhite the curtains with a soft gray tint.
The artist wanted to unwhite the canvas before starting a new painting.

Synonyms

to blacken

vsto unwhite

19 3.4

To make something dark or to become dark, for example walls after a fire

removes or covers whiteness without necessarily creating deep darkness

to melanize

vsto unwhite

Specialized

9.0

To become dark when a living thing makes melanin

changes whiteness by any method, not only biological pigment formation

to blacken out

vsto unwhite

6.0

To make a place or screen completely dark so no light shows

removes or covers whiteness but may leave some light or color visible

Antonyms

to whiten

8 2.8

Make or become more white in color

How White

to whiten

8 2.8

to unwhite

9.9

to stain

113 3.2

to blacken

19 3.4

Surface Forms

unwhite infinitive

unwhited past

unwhited past participle

unwhiting present participle

unwhites third person singular

Morphology

unwhite = white (transparent) = un + white

Formed by prefixing 'un-' to the verb 'white' to indicate reversal or negation of the action (remove or negate whiteness); the derivation is regular though 'white' as a verb is less frequent.

Etymology

Unwhite is formed from un- ('not') and white, just like untie is 'not tied', so to unwhite something is to make it 'not white', for example by dyeing or covering its whiteness.