Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

The word "achromatic" can be used as adjective and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

chromatic

Coordinate Terms

bichromatic bichrome bicolor dichromatic duotone monochromatic monochrome monocolor monotone quadricolor quadtone tetrachromatic tetrachrome trichromatic trichrome tricolor tritone unicolor

Derived Terms

achromatically nonachromatic pseudoachromatic

Context

biology music optics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

lacking

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

aplanatic decoloured uncolored undyed

Related Terms

achromatic lens achromatic number achromatic prism achromaticity achromatism chromatic

Related Terms

accidental achromatic lens achromatic prism achromaticity achromatism chromatic colorless diatonic scale

Similar Terms

argent ash gray ash-gray ash-grey ashy black-gray black-grey blackish blackish blackish gray blackish-gray blackish-grey blue-black blue-gray blue-grey blue-white bluish black bluish black bluish gray bluish white bluish-gray bluish-grey bluish-white brown-black brown-gray brown-grey brownish black brownish gray brownish-black brownish-gray brownish-grey canescent canescent chalky chalky charcoal charcoal gray charcoal-gray charcoal-grey coal black coal-black colorless colourless cool-white cottony white cottony-white dark-gray dark-grey dull white dull-white ebon ebon ebony gray gray-black gray-white grayish grayish grayish black grayish white grayish-black grayish-white green-white greenish gray greenish white greenish-gray greenish-grey greenish-white grey grey-black grey-white greyish greyish-black greyish-white hueless hueless ink-black inky inky black inky-black iron grey iron-gray iron-grey jet jet-black lily white lily-white milk white milk-white off white off-white olive gray olive-gray olive-grey oxford gray oxford-gray oxford-grey pearl gray pearl gray pearl grey pearly pearly white pearly-white pinkish white pinkish-white pitchy purple-black purple-white purplish black purplish white purplish-black purplish-white red-gray red-grey reddish gray reddish-gray reddish-grey sable sable silver silver-gray silver-grey silver-white silverish silverish silvery silvery gray silvery white silvery-gray silvery-grey silvery-white slate black slate gray slate-black slate-gray slate-grey slatey slaty slaty-gray slaty-grey snow white snow-white snowy soot-black sooty sooty black sooty-black stone-gray stone-grey uncolored uncoloured violet black violet-black white flowered white-flowered whitish yellow-gray yellow-grey yellow-white yellowish gray yellowish white yellowish-gray yellowish-grey yellowish-white

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