dirty white

Frequency: 6.87.3 per million words

A white color that is not clean; off-white.

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Examples (10)

  • His once pristine shirt had turned a dirty white from repeated wear.
  • The old curtains were a faded, dirty white against the clean window frame.
  • She tried to clean the ancient statue, but it remained a persistent dirty white.
  • The walls of the abandoned house were a grimy, dirty white.
  • After playing in the mud, the dog's fur was no longer bright, but a patchy dirty white.
  • He decided to repaint the room because the existing color was a dull dirty white.
  • The snow by the roadside was no longer fresh, but a slushy dirty white.
  • Her wedding dress, stored for decades, had yellowed to a dirty white.
  • The old truck, covered in dust, shone a dull dirty white in the sunlight.
  • We found a collection of dirty white ceramic plates in the attic.