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Definition of Off-white
1. Adjective. Of something having a color tending toward white.
2. Noun. A shade of white the color of bleached bones.
Definition of Off-white
1. Noun. A very pale colour that is almost white. ¹
2. Adjective. Of a very pale colour that is almost white. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Off-white
Literary usage of Off-white
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"When heated, it gives off white fumes, which take fire spontaneously in the air.
It does not appear to contain water of crystallisation. ..."
2. Report of the Commissioner of Corporations on Cotton Exchanges by United States Bureau of Corporations, Herbert Knox Smith (1908)
"Tinges, FM and above, J off white; tinges, Midd. and below, J off white: stains,
FM and above, ^ off white; stains, Midd., f off white; stains, ..."
3. Elements of Art Criticism: Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's by George Whitefield Samson (1876)
"The same cause substantially produces the impression of form when instead of
cutting off white light from a white ground, of which the black crayon line is ..."
4. Elements of Art Criticism: Comprising a Treatise on the Principles of Man's by George Whitefield Samson (1876)
"The same cause substantially produces the impression of form when instead of
cutting off white light from a white ground, of which the black crayon line is ..."
5. Cotton Trade Guide and Student's Manual: A Text-book for the American Trade by Thomas Southworth Miller (1915)
"FLM and below, Ic off white. On basis orders we allow no premiums for cotton
above FGM and any ... 5-8c off white; stains, FM and below, 1 1-4c off white. ..."
6. Notes on the chemical lectures in the medical department of the University by Theodore George Wormley (1890)
"When exposed to the air it gives off white fumes, due to the formation of phosphoric
acid. Phosphorus vapor is luminous in the dark. ..."
7. Labor in Europe and America: A Special Report on the Rates of Wages, the by Edward Young (1875)
"... sd Making ye aprons 086 3 yds. halff ell off white Spanish 4 9 1 white silk
... ffan wth gause 16 0 6 yds. off white and silver ribin 1 13 0 6 yds. off ..."
8. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1895)
"Off white, yellowish tint. Cop waste. No cops in sample. No knots. ... Off white,
yellowish tint. Long threads, freer from tangles than / or 2. ..."
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