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LIGHT-COLORED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Example:
a light-colored powder
Synonyms:
light; light-colored
Classified under:
Similar:
pale (very light colored; highly diluted with white)
palish (slightly pale)
pastel (delicate and pale in color)
powdery (as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder)
Also:
white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)
Attribute:
value (relative darkness or lightness of a color)