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LIGHT-COLORED

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

Example:

a light-colored powder

Synonyms:

light; light-colored

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

pale (very light colored; highly diluted with white)

palish (slightly pale)

pastel (delicate and pale in color)

powdery (as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder)

Also:

white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)

Attribute:

value (relative darkness or lightness of a color)

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