pristine

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Colors are generally quite good looking and without oversaturation but the softness keeps it from looking pristine, which is part of the intent.

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  1. adjective Remaining in a pure state; uncorrupted by civilization.
  2. adjective Remaining free from dirt or decay; clean: pristine mountain snow.
  3. adjective Of, relating to, or typical of the earliest time or condition; primitive or original.

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  • “Lake Vostok is to Antarctica what Antarctica is to the rest of the planet: remote, pristine, and unique,” Ricardo Roura of the Antarctic and Southern Oceans Coalition said in a speech quoted by Wired magazine. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Feb. 2002
  • Yet the crevices had appeared pristine, and she had ended up with enough in her sample bottles to pay for gas, truck insurance, three bags of groceries at AC -- which is saying a lot. —  F ;SF; - vol 092 issue 04 - April 1997
  • The interior was startlingly new and pristine, as though the house had not only never been occupied, but never entered. —  ISAAC ASIMOV'S
  • His lab coat was pristine, the magtag on his pocket read R. Caine . —  Lilith Saintcrow - [Dante Valentine 2] - Dead Man Rising
  • The cloth was no longer pristine, the wax candles burning down, but there was still food aplenty on the great serving platters. —  THE WIDOW’S KISS
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin prīstinus; see per1 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Formerly pristin; from Old French pristin = Spanish prístino = Portuguese Italian pristino, from Latin pristinus, early, original, primitive, also just past (of yesterday); akin to priscus, former, ancient, antique, and to prior, former: see prior, prime.
 

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