off-white
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of off-white
First recorded in 1925–30
Vocabulary lists containing off-white
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It’s deceptively conventional, with an axial structure and a conglomerate of relatively full chroma set against an off-white background.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Robe says she chose the off-white Crate & Barrel center table for its 'organic, amorphous shape.'
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Before the verdict came down, Combs sat quietly in his chair, looking forward, wearing the same off-white sweater and pants he wore for much of his trial.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025
More than 1,200 years ago, an unidentified Maya artist decorated an extraordinary, 16-inch circular ceramic plate, painting one half in flat, nearly black slip and the other a creamy off-white.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2024
The other kids in the class fidgeted, and even Mr. Roberts stopped every so often to dab at his forehead with an off-white handkerchief before continuing to lecture the disinterested, overheated students about biodiversity.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Out of games and in the world of text, the off-whites and grays didn’t have the color separation that they should.
From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2022
Like Cohen, who interrupts the upscale creams and off-whites of the décor with eruptions of colors, the costume designer, Cole McCarty, also walks the fine line between subtle and bold hues.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2021
This twilight world wasn’t black and white; it was a muted palette of greys, off-whites and sepia tones, he told me.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2017
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