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- 1. light in colour or shade: "use light-coloured nail enamel such as gold, cream, or white"
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Definition of light-coloured adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Definitions of light-colored. adjective. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent. synonyms: light. white. being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light. pale. very light colored; highly diluted with white. palish. slightly pale. pastel.
OED's earliest evidence for light-coloured is from 1533, in the writing of Thomas More, lord chancellor, humanist, and martyr. light-coloured is formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: light adj.2, coloured adj. See etymology.
The colour of something is the appearance that it has as a result of the way in which it reflects light. Red, blue, and green are colours.
light-coloured. adj. having a light colour. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014. Translations.
Light-colored means having a small amount of coloring agent, such as light blue or pastels. Find out the pronunciation, translation and related words of light-colored in this online dictionary.
