nonpigmented
Lacking natural coloration
Nonpigmented describes tissue or material lacking pigment—the substances that give color to skin, hair, eyes, plants, or other organic matter.
In medical contexts, nonpigmented often describes skin lesions or moles without the melanin that typically darkens them: a nonpigmented melanoma.
The term appears in biology and dermatology when color absence is diagnostically significant.
One without melanin
- photosensitivityReactivity to radiant energy
- light-sensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- paleLacking color intensity
- fairImpartial and unbiased
blanched · pallor · nystagmus · hereditary · genetic · dermatological · ocular · hypomelanosis
Without obstruction or fog
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- glassySmooth and shiny
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
pellucid · limpid · vitreous · hyaline · diaphanous · colorless · unclouded · transparent
Without added pigment
unbleached · natural · raw · virgin · neutral · blank · plain · unmarked
Inherited melanin deficiency
- vitiligoMelanocyte-loss skin condition
- achromaticLacking visible hue
albino
One without melanin
- photosensitivityReactivity to radiant energy
- light-sensitiveResponsive to radiant energy
- paleLacking color intensity
fair · blanched · pallor · nystagmus · hereditary · genetic · dermatological · ocular · hypomelanosis
clear
Without obstruction or fog
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- glassySmooth and shiny
crystalline · pellucid · limpid · vitreous · hyaline · diaphanous · colorless · unclouded · transparent
undyed
Without added pigment
unpainted · unbleached · natural · raw · virgin · neutral · blank · plain · unmarked · pure
albinism
Inherited melanin deficiency
- vitiligoMelanocyte-loss skin condition
- achromaticLacking visible hue
pigment, pigments, pigmentation, melanin, pigmented, unpigmented, depigmented, depigmentation, hyperpigmented