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| 1. | [ adjective ] (color) being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light | |
| Synonyms: | black | |
| Examples: | "black leather jackets" "as black as coal" "rich black soil" |
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| Related terms: | white dark value | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (color) being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light | |
| Synonyms: | white | |
| Examples: | "as white as fresh snow" "a bride's white dress" |
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| Related terms: | black albescent light value | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] (color) having no hue | |
| Synonyms: | colorless | |
| Related terms: | chromatic gray coal-black blue-black argent pearly slate-gray neutral oxford-gray sable ebon snow-white whitish hueless canescent chalky blackish ash-gray lily-white milk-white charcoal auburn ink-black off-white iron-gray colorless colorless hue | |
| Similar spelling: |
achromatinic achromatin achromic achromatize achromatism achromatise achromasia Acherontic achromia achromatous acromicria Achromycin Acherontia achromous acromegalic |
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