colorless
Lacking any pigment
Colorless describes something lacking color—transparent, neutral, or dull.
Water and glass are colorless.
A colorless personality or colorless prose lacks vividness or interest.
The word implies absence where color might be expected or welcomed: The winter landscape looked colorless and bleak.
British spelling: colourless.
Lacking visible hue
- neutralNot favoring any side
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- grayscaleTonal range, black to white
- huelessLacking any coloration
desaturated · black-and-white · monotone · muted · subdued · toneless · unpigmented · undyed
Unhealthily lacking color
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- ashenPale, grayish-white
- blanchedMade white by heat
- fadedLost original color
washed-out · pasty · sallow · ghostly · anemic · chalky · milky · peaky
Lacking distinctive qualities
- boringFailing to engage interest
- drabDull and cheerless
- lifelessDevoid of animation
- flatLacking vertical variation
insipid · vapid · uninteresting · monotonous · lackluster · dreary · uninspiring · prosaic
Without obstruction or fog
- transparentAllowing light through
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
glassy · limpid · pellucid · diaphanous · glass-like · invisible · aqueous · vitreous
achromatic
Lacking visible hue
- neutralNot favoring any side
- monochromeSingle-color rendering
- grayscaleTonal range, black to white
hueless · desaturated · black-and-white · monotone · muted · subdued · toneless · unpigmented · undyed · untinted
pallid
Unhealthily lacking color
faded · washed-out · pasty · sallow · ghostly · anemic · chalky · milky · peaky · etiolated
bland
Lacking distinctive qualities
flat · insipid · vapid · uninteresting · monotonous · lackluster · dreary · uninspiring · prosaic · banal
clear
Without obstruction or fog
- transparentAllowing light through
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
crystalline · glassy · limpid · pellucid · diaphanous · glass-like · invisible · aqueous · vitreous · lucid
emptiness
Absence of substance
nothingness · hollow · barren · stark · bare · vacant · empty · desolate · austere · minimal
colorlessvivid
Intensely clear and bright
vibrant · colorful · lively · interesting · engaging
colorlessmulticolored
Having multiple hues
variegated · polychromatic · polychrome · varicolored · motley
- colorless gasTransparent atmospheric substance