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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Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025
If the glass is colorless, its potential sources are even more limited, because colorless low-iron glass – popularized by Apple’s flagship stores and luxury towers around the world – requires 99% pure silica sand.
—Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
Mendel is bottled at 40% ABV and is a clear, colorless spirit, but that is where the similarity to other vodka ends.
—Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Researchers in China have created a transparent, colorless, and unidirectional solar concentrator that can be directly coated onto standard window glass and used to harvest sunlight without changing the window’s appearance.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colorless. Accessed 7 Oct. 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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