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    ACHROMATIC COLOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A color lacking hue; white or grey or blackplay

    Synonyms:

    achromatic color; achromatic colour

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("achromatic color" is a kind of...):

    color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "achromatic color"):

    black; blackness; inkiness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white))

    white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))

    gray; grayness; grey; greyness (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black)

    Antonym:

    chromatic color (a color that has hue)

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