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off-white

[awf-hwahyt, -wahyt, of-] / ˈɔfˈʰwaɪt, -ˈwaɪt, ˈɒf- /




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It’s deceptively conventional, with an axial structure and a conglomerate of relatively full chroma set against an off-white background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026

The women, fresh off a photo shoot and still immaculate in their off-white designer wear, dig in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2025

The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025

At the end of his arguments, Combs, wearing an off-white sweater, hugged his attorney.

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

The house, surrounded by a chain-link fence, was off-white with dark brown trim.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Out of games and in the world of text, the off-whites and grays didn’t have the color separation that they should.

From The Verge ● Apr. 6, 2022

Like Cohen, who interrupts the upscale creams and off-whites of the décor with eruptions of colors, the costume designer, Cole McCarty, also walks the fine line between subtle and bold hues.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2021

This twilight world wasn’t black and white; it was a muted palette of greys, off-whites and sepia tones, he told me.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2017


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