of any of various shades of grayish-white or yellowish-white
Off-white lace.
The definition of off-white is a color that is close to white but that has a grayish or yellowish tinge.
A mostly white color that is tinged a bit with gray is an example of a color that is off-white.
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off-white
noun
A grayish or yellowish white.
Related Forms:
- off′-white′
adjective
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Noun
- A very pale colour that is almost white.
Adjective
(comparative more off white, superlative most off white)
- Alternative spelling of off-white.
Noun
- Alternative spelling of off-white.
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Sentence Examples
- If you have a PC with a DV-I port (it's an off-white port with a lot of tiny holes) and the HDTV includes one, then plugging your PC into the TV will give you the option to do some computing from your couch!
- Online leather outfitters such as AmeriLeather.com have a few slingback styles that come in a decent variety of colors including: burgundy, dark green, brown, black, navy and off-white.
- KushTush's silk pajamas is more of an off-white, which they call mica, but these are still elegant pajamas in silk charmeuse, and organic is always preferable where available.
- Whether you are a widow or a divorcee, if you want to wear an off-white or even white formal wedding gown for your second trip down the aisle, it's up to you and your groom.
- Everyone expects wedding cakes to be white, but heart cakes done in soft pink, off-white, ivory, or fire-engine red are especially memorable and look great in photographs.
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