Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A grayish or yellowish white.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. tending toward white; not pure white.
- n. a grayish white.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a shade of white the color of bleached bones
- adj. of something having a color tending toward white
Examples
“For straightforward, reliable silk shirts, try various shades of off-white from Equipment from around £225.”
“For off-white jackets, try Stella McCartney's slim-fit twill blazer (£1,035); for white, Elizabeth & James's Emery linen and cotton-blend blazer (£350) or Day Birger et Mikkelsen's "South African" cropped blazer (£170).”
“Savvy designers who create a pre-season line, or a resort collection—and almost all of them do these days—recognize the importance of white or off-white to a summer customer desperate to buy something that isn't made of boiled wool in black or navy.”
“If you are wearing white or off-white trousers and jacket, what goes underneath matters most; it's the contrast that will make it all work.”
“The viewer begins at the outset of a march along an off-white path towards the horizon, towards a low-hanging light barely able to sustain its flame.”
The Huffington Post: Alexander Adler: Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties
“The first-time bride wore an off-white, long silk gown by Angel Sanchez, and guests danced to the music of Peter Duchin.”
The Huffington Post: Charles Bronfman Divorce: Party Caps End Of Marriage
“She suggested "Skimming Stone," an off-white with mineral properties.”
“This year, one large mushroom, with off-white little scales on top and greenish "gills" under the cap, is plentiful, despite the record heat.”
The Huffington Post: Jason Salzman: Your Yard Might Be Home to the "Vomiter" Mushroom
“The Delano Hotel is mostly white and off-white (including the TV's) and its famous pool is called a "Water Salon" (and still features piped-in classical music as well as designated areas for floating, eating, sleeping and meditating).”
The Huffington Post: Pam Grout: Delano Hotel doubles as museum of contemporary design
“An off-white lace dress that was a remake of a vintage gown.”
The Wall Street Journal: Every Bride Expects a Lovely Food Truck
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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Chromonyms 2
Names for colors composed of two or more words. All of these are defined as colors in at least one dictionary, most being in MW3. See Chromonyms for one-word color names.
Some well-kno...absinthe green, moss green, pea green, apple green, yellow stone, dusty yellow, absinthe yellow, liqueur green, olive wood, tilleul buff, white jade, café au lait and 1529 more...
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miscellanea
antimacassar, snootful, sessile, glagolitic, marrowsky, farrago, keel, calumny, rheum, talisman, tally, awry and 508 more...
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fbharjo Is there an on-white? May 8, 2013