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non·col·or | \ ˌnän-ˈkə-lər 
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\Definition of noncolor
: a drab or muted color or a color such as black, white, or gray as distinguished from red, blue, yellow, etc.
… the furniture is upholstered in fabrics that are natural not only in fiber but in color. … Only a few notes of red, in a small table and a pair of chests, punctuate the range of noncolors.— Joan Chatfield-Taylor —often used before another nounnoncolor photography [=black and white photography]
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The first known use of noncolor was in 1893
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