LIGHT-COLORED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light-colored mean? 

• LIGHT-COLORED (adjective)
  The adjective LIGHT-COLORED has 1 sense:

1. (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

  Familiarity information: LIGHT-COLORED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT-COLORED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

Synonyms:

light; light-colored

Context example:

a light-colored powder

Similar:

pale (very light colored; highly diluted with white)

palish (slightly pale)

pastel (delicate and pale in color)

powdery (as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder)

Also:

white (being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light)

Attribute:

value (relative darkness or lightness of a color)