achromatic color

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Noun

achromatic color - a color lacking hue; white or grey or black

color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light"

black, blackness, inkiness - the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)

whiteness, white - the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black)

gray, grayness, greyness, grey - a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue

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Among the achromatic colors, white maintains the leading position.

BASF Analyzes 2018 Automotive Color Distribution

The achromatic colors have added accents to signify the intersection of the digital with the tangible.