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whiteness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | white |
| Type of | achromatic colour, achromatic color |
| Has types | chalk, pearl, frostiness, hoariness, ivory, off-white, bleach, alabaster, bone |
| Derivation | white |
whiteness::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | skin color, skin colour, complexion |
only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering.
Examples of whiteness
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That myth has undergirded a pigmentocracy that continues to privilege whiteness.
From the theatlantic.com
Is it possible to restore the original whiteness of our kitchen cupboard doors?
From the telegraph.co.uk
My bed is made up with snowy whiteness, linen hearts and a flower-sprigged quilt.
From the guardian.co.uk
The pristine whiteness of a cauliflower head can be as elusive as Ahab's whale.
From the washingtonpost.com
Bleached flour achieves its whiteness through contact with deadly chlorine gas.
From the dispatch.com
It was beautiful, that warm, rich whiteness of the church and the clustered town.
From the travel.nytimes.com
Waters has tried to scour himself to whiteness through discipline and excellence.
From the time.com
Surely his whiteness is an obstacle, but it's one that obscures more than it gags.
From the theatlantic.com
Phantasmal shapes arose and shifted and disappeared in the swirling whiteness.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- White: the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)
- Purity: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
- Lightness or fairness of complexion; "only the whiteness of her cheeks gave any indication of the stress from which she was suffering"
- In colorimetry, whiteness is the degree to which a surface is white. An example of its use might be to quantitatively compare two pieces of paper which appear white viewed individually, but not when juxtaposed.
- Ideal whiteness is whiteness obtained from a total spectrophotometric reflectance curve. L of the CIE color value system, is the magnitude upwards on the black (0%) to white (100%) scale.
- A description of both the total ammount and purity of white light reflected from a surface. Often expressed as CIE Lab, where figures are given for total refectance, red-green, and blue-yellow hue.
- The paper is perceived to be white due to high brightness, elevated diffusion and minimum perception of shades.
- The ability to reflect all colors of light equally
- The intensity of white of a paper stock.
