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achromatic

[ak-ruh-mat-ik, ey-kruh-] / ˌæk rəˈmæt ɪk, ˌeɪ krə- /
ADJECTIVE
having no hue
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Broadband achromatic wavefront control is a key requirement for next-generation optical technologies, including full-color imaging and multi-spectral sensing.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

Instead, brown, gray, beige and white are dominant, an achromatic palette whose gloomy drabness is only relieved by the surprisingly wide variety of neutrals the artist employs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2023

Unlike some of the artist’s best-known works, which wow with saturations and transformations of color, “Avaar” is achromatic — using only white light.

From New York Times • Oct. 19, 2022

The recession in 2008 pushed the achromatic trend further, with risk-averse consumers favoring styles that were “very McMansion feeling, very depersonalized.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 18, 2016

The principal’s office was a cramped, achromatic cubicle separated from the library door by a glass trophy case that overflowed with the gilded booty of athletics earned over the past thirty years.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy