oyster white

American  

noun

1. a slightly grayish white; off-white.

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oyster white British  

noun

1. 1. a greyish-white colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      oyster-white walls

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Etymology

Origin of oyster white

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

They got a careful eyeful of Mrs. Truman's oyster white corner bedroom and the President's big bedroom with the blue-canopied bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another novelty with a lower price tag: bleached beaver and otter in such new shades as oyster white and honey beige.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Crêpe de Chine in oyster white will show the top of the dress embroidered to the knees in some unconventional design of black and a deeper shade of white."

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir