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noncolor

noncolor noun: that which is not a color.

Noun

noncolor (plural noncolors)

  1. That which is not a color.
    • Because of the overwhelming consensus, a test for ability to separate the names of colors from those of noncolors would be fatuous (figure 5-1). Few test takers will achieve less than perfect scores.1989, Patricia Sloane, The visual nature of color
    • Fake Steve Jobs is a perfectionist who is as insistent that his chai latte be served at 165 degrees as that his iMacs, iPods and iPhones be exactly the right noncolor.2007 October 7, Liesl Schillinger, “Books of Style”, in New York Times

Forms of noncolor

pluralnoncolors
alternative formnoncolour

Origin of noncolor

From non- + color.

Questions about noncolor

What does noncolor mean?
Noncolor means that which is not a color.
What part of speech is noncolor?
Noncolor is a noun.
What is the plural of noncolor?
The plural of noncolor is noncolors.

Words near noncolor in the dictionary

  1. noncolonial
  2. noncolonials
  3. noncolonic
  4. noncolonized
  5. noncolonoscopic
  6. noncolor
  7. noncolorectal
  8. noncolored
  9. noncolorfast
  10. noncolorful
  11. noncoloring

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