Grayness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈɑːɹdhæts/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡɹˈeɪnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡɹˈeɪnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈɑːɹdhæts/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gray grey greyness

Word Forms

gray	adjective	of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
gray	verb	make grey
grey	verb	turn grey
grey	adjective	of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Grau

eine neutrale achromatische Farbe auf halbem Weg zwischen Weiß und Schwarz

🇫🇷French

grisaille

une couleur neutre achromatique à mi-chemin entre le blanc et le noir

🇪🇸Spanish

grisura

un color acromático neutro a medio camino entre el blanco y el negro

🇮🇹Italian

grigiore

un colore neutro acromatico a metà tra il bianco e il nero

🇳🇱Dutch

grijsheid

een neutrale achromatische kleur halverwege tussen wit en zwart

🇵🇹Portuguese

cinza

uma cor acromática neutra a meio caminho entre o branco e o preto

🇷🇺Russian

серость

нейтральный ахроматический цвет, нечто среднее между белым и черным.

India

🇮🇳Hindi

भूरापन

सफ़ेद और काले के बीच में एक तटस्थ अक्रोमैटिक रंग

🇧🇩Bengali

ধূসরতা

সাদা এবং কালো মাঝপথে একটি নিরপেক্ষ অ্যাক্রোম্যাটিক রঙ

🇮🇳Tamil

சாம்பல் நிறம்

வெள்ளை மற்றும் கருப்பு இடையே நடுநிலை நிறமற்ற வண்ணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

బూడిదరంగు

తెలుపు మరియు నలుపు మధ్య ఒక తటస్థ అక్రోమాటిక్ రంగు

🇮🇳Marathi

राखाडीपणा

पांढरा आणि काळा दरम्यान एक तटस्थ अक्रोमॅटिक रंग

🇮🇳Gujarati

ભૂખરાપણું

સફેદ અને કાળા વચ્ચેનો તટસ્થ વર્ણહીન રંગ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬೂದು ಬಣ್ಣ

ಬಿಳಿ ಮತ್ತು ಕಪ್ಪು ನಡುವಿನ ತಟಸ್ಥ ವರ್ಣರಹಿತ ಬಣ್ಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ചാരനിറം

വെളുപ്പിനും കറുപ്പിനും ഇടയിലുള്ള ഒരു ന്യൂട്രൽ അക്രോമാറ്റിക് നിറം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸਲੇਟੀ

ਚਿੱਟੇ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਲੇ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਇੱਕ ਨਿਰਪੱਖ ਅਕ੍ਰੋਮੈਟਿਕ ਰੰਗ

🇵🇰Urdu

سرمئی پن

سفید اور سیاہ کے درمیان ایک غیر جانبدار رنگین رنگ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

灰度

介于白色和黑色之间的中性非彩色

🇯🇵Japanese

灰色

白と黒の中間の無彩色。

🇰🇷Korean

회색조

흰색과 검정색 중간의 무채색 무채색

🇻🇳Vietnamese

màu xám

một màu sắc trung tính nằm giữa màu trắng và đen

🇹🇭Thai

ความสีเทา

สีไม่มีสีที่เป็นกลางตรงกลางระหว่างสีขาวและสีดำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

warna abu-abu

warna akromatik netral di tengah-tengah antara putih dan hitam

🇵🇭Filipino

kulay abo

isang neutral na achromatic na kulay sa pagitan ng puti at itim

🇲🇾Malay

kekelabuan

warna akromatik neutral di tengah antara putih dan hitam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

اللون الرمادي

لون لوني محايد في منتصف الطريق بين الأبيض والأسود

🇮🇷Persian

خاکستری

یک رنگ بی رنگ خنثی در میانه راه بین سفید و سیاه

🇹🇷Turkish

grilik

beyaz ve siyahın ortasında nötr akromatik bir renk

🇮🇱Hebrew

אפרוריות

צבע אכרומטי ניטרלי באמצע הדרך בין לבן לשחור

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