decoloured
Had pigment removed
Decoloured is the British spelling of decolored, meaning having had color removed or lost.
Something decoloured has been bleached, faded, or stripped of its original hue: The sun had decoloured the old curtains.
The term appears in technical contexts involving chemical bleaching or natural fading processes.
Lacking color intensity
- drainedEmptied of resources
- wanPale and unwell-looking
- pallidUnhealthily lacking color
- ashenPale, grayish-white
sallow · anemic · grey · colorless · blanched · ghostly · faint · weak
Halogen disinfectant element
- peroxideOxygen compound, disinfectant
- whiteningMaking something lighter
- hydrogen peroxideOxidizing disinfectant and bleach
- bleach powderPowdered cleaning oxidizer
oxygen bleach · laundry · stain removal · detergent · fabric · cotton · linen · brightening
pale
Lacking color intensity
ashen · sallow · anemic · grey · colorless · blanched · ghostly · faint · weak · dim
chlorine
Halogen disinfectant element
- peroxideOxygen compound, disinfectant
- whiteningMaking something lighter
- hydrogen peroxideOxidizing disinfectant and bleach
bleach powder · oxygen bleach · laundry · stain removal · detergent · fabric · cotton · linen · brightening · lightening
sun-bleached
Lightened by prolonged daylight
worn · paled · lightened · dulled · softened · muted · dimmed · tarnished · subdued · waned
lusterless
Devoid of sheen
drab · bland · unremarkable · dingy · grimy · tarnished · clouded · hazy · murky · muddy