achromatism

Roget category 429

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#429. [Absence of color.] Achromatism

noun

achromatism^† — decoloration^†, discoloration — pallor, pallidness, pallidity^† — paleness etc. adj. — etiolation — neutral tint, monochrome, black and white.

verb

lose color etc. 428 — fade, fly, go — become colorless etc. adj. — turn pale, pale.
deprive of color, decolorize, bleach, tarnish, achromatize, blanch, etiolate, wash out, tone down.

adjective

uncolored etc. (color) etc. 428 — colorless, achromatic, aplanatic^† — etiolate, etiolated — hueless^†, pale, pallid — palefaced^†, tallow-faced — faint, dull, cold, muddy, leaden, dun, wan, sallow, dead, dingy, ashy, ashen, ghastly, cadaverous, glassy, lackluster — discolored etc. v.. light-colored, fair, blond — white etc. 430.
pale as death, pale as ashes, pale as a witch, pale as a ghost, pale as a corpse, white as a corpse.

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