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

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oyster white

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

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

"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