Definitions
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- noun That which is not a
color .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For traffic signs, only some color information (in other words, red, blue, yellow) or so called noncolor information (black or white) are relevant.
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The ditches alongside are the same grey noncolor as the dust that coats the sage and rabbitbrush, the banks sloping crumbles of powdery soil that say “not far away from here were once volcanoes.”
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The ditches alongside are the same grey noncolor as the dust that coats the sage and rabbitbrush, the banks sloping crumbles of powdery soil that say “not far away from here were once volcanoes.”
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The ditches alongside are the same grey noncolor as the dust that coats the sage and rabbitbrush, the banks sloping crumbles of powdery soil that say “not far away from here were once volcanoes.”
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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The ditches alongside are the same grey noncolor as the dust that coats the sage and rabbitbrush, the banks sloping crumbles of powdery soil that say “not far away from here were once volcanoes.”
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Because his fingertips were constantly stained with the ink from his quill, and because he wore white—a noncolor more in keeping with his asceticism—he held his hands away from his qaba and his person awkwardly, as though he was reaching out to something.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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All black-and-white photo and film freaks felt nothing had the impact of a stark yet incredibly nuanced noncolor palette.
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
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Because his fingertips were constantly stained with the ink from his quill, and because he wore white—a noncolor more in keeping with his asceticism—he held his hands away from his qaba and his person awkwardly, as though he was reaching out to something.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Because his fingertips were constantly stained with the ink from his quill, and because he wore white—a noncolor more in keeping with his asceticism—he held his hands away from his qaba and his person awkwardly, as though he was reaching out to something.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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White chic: The goes-with-anything noncolor replaces plaid as the "in" fashion statement.
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