off-white
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“And we get to party after!” chimed in his 32-year-old wife, wearing an off-white dress and veil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
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 first lady wore a pale delphinium pink silk strapless gown by Christian Dior Haute Couture, with off-white Dior suede gloves.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
He was waiting at the cross walk with his back facing me wearing an off-white mohair sweater.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 2025
The house, surrounded by a chain-link fence, was off-white with dark brown trim.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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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