ACHROMATIC COLOUR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A color lacking hue; white or grey or black

Synonyms:

achromatic color; achromatic colour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("achromatic colour" is a kind of...):

color; coloring; colour; colouring (a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "achromatic colour"):

black; blackness; inkiness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white))

white; whiteness (the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black))

gray; grayness; grey; greyness (a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black)