white glow

Soft colorless light

White glow is a steady, pale luminescence—light that appears colorless or nearly so.

It describes the radiance of hot metal, moonlight, or screens in dark rooms: The laptop cast a white glow across her face.

The phrase often suggests something ethereal or otherworldly: a white glow emanating from the doorway.

Related

moonlight · full moon · ethereal · pearl · soft · haze · incandescent · gleam · light beam · fluorescent · opalescent · milky · ghostly · halo effect · ivory · silver · luminescence · aura

Opposites
light intensity/type

white glowlaser beam

Focused, amplified light emission

color/hue

white glowwarm glow

Gentle heat and light

amber glow · orange glow · golden glow · black light · colored light

presence of light

white glowdarkness

Total absence of light

blackness · pitch black · shadow · gloom · murk

Family

white, glow, whiter, whitest, whiten, whitened, whitening, whitener, whiteness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G