achromatic color

/ˌˈækrəˌmædɪk ˌkʌlər/

Definitions of achromatic color

1. noun

   a color lacking hue; white or grey or black
   synonyms: achromatic colour

   antonyms:

   chromatic color

   a color that has hue

   types:

   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

   coal black, ebony, jet black, pitch black, sable, soot black

   a very dark black

   alabaster

   a very light white

   bleach

   the whiteness that results from removing the color from something

   bone, ivory, off-white, pearl

   a shade of white the color of bleached bones

   chalk

   a pure flat white with little reflectance

   frostiness, hoariness

   a silvery-white color

   ash gray, ash grey, silver, silver gray, silver grey

   a light shade of grey

   charcoal, charcoal gray, charcoal grey, oxford gray, oxford grey

   a very dark grey color

   dapple-gray, dapple-grey, dappled-gray, dappled-grey

   grey with a mottled pattern of darker grey markings

   iron-gray, iron-grey

   the color of freshly broken cast iron

   tattletale gray, tattletale grey

   a greyish white

   Davy's gray, Davy's grey, iron blue, steel gray, steel grey

   slightly purplish or bluish dark grey

   type of:

   color, coloring, colour, colouring

   a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect