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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

16 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 blacken out

vsto unwhite

1 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

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

Antonyms

to whiten

10 2.8

Make or become more white in color

How White

to whiten

10 2.8

to unwhite

9.9

to stain

46 3.2

to blacken

16 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.