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Feb 14, 2012
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Synonyms for achromatic

Adjective

1. white (vs. black), achromatic, albescent, light#2, light-colored
usage: being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"
2. black (vs. white), achromatic, dark
usage: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light; "black leather jackets"; "as black as coal"; "rich black soil"
3. achromatic (vs. chromatic), argent, silver, silvery, silverish, ash-gray, ash-grey, ashy, auburn, reddish-brown, canescent, chalky, charcoal, charcoal-gray, charcoal-grey, coal-black, jet, jet-black, pitchy, sooty, ebon, ebony, gray, grey, grayish, greyish, hueless, ink-black, inky, inky-black, iron-gray, iron-grey, lily-white, milk-white, neutral, oxford-gray, oxford-grey, pearly, pearly-white, sable, slate-gray, slaty, slatey, stone-gray, snow-white, snowy, whitish, off-white, blackish, colorless#2, colourless
usage: having no hue
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