colorless
adjective
col·or·less
ˈkə-lər-ləs 
: lacking color: such as
b
: dull, uninteresting
colorless prose
colorlessly
adverb
colorlessness
noun
Examples of colorless in a Sentence
since we can't decide what color to paint the doghouse, our latest home project remains colorless for the time being
page after page of colorless prose without even one neat turn of phrase
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What are my rights, and what responsibility does the HOA have?
A: Radon is an odorless, colorless gas that can cause lung cancer.
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Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Black-and-white drawings dominate the show’s first half, in which closely observed, acutely detailed faces emerge out of the blank void of colorless sheets of paper.
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Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that is produced when fossil fuels are burned.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
In their pure form, diamonds should be colorless, as carbon doesn’t give off any color by itself, says Eloïse Gaillou, director of the Mineralogy Museum at the Paris School of Mines, and one of the researchers who studied the Winston Red.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jill Terreri Ramos, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Black-and-white drawings dominate the show’s first half, in which closely observed, acutely detailed faces emerge out of the blank void of colorless sheets of paper.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless gas that is produced when fossil fuels are burned.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
In their pure form, diamonds should be colorless, as carbon doesn’t give off any color by itself, says Eloïse Gaillou, director of the Mineralogy Museum at the Paris School of Mines, and one of the researchers who studied the Winston Red.
—Kayla Randall, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorless. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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colorless
adjective
col·or·less
ˈkəl-ər-ləs
1
: lacking color
a colorless liquid
2
: dull entry 1 sense 8
colorless writing
colorlessly
adverb
colorlessness
noun
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