colour-neutralcolor-neutraladj.

Brit.

/ˌkʌləˈnjuːtr(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˌkələrˈn(j)utrəl/

Forms: see colour n.¹ and neutral adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colour n.¹, neutral adj.

Etymology: < colour n.¹ + neutral adj.

1. Making no reference to colour; spec. taking no account of differences in skin colour; = colour-blind adj. 2.

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1942 Surv. Graphic Nov. 504 In the key to the map above, varying is used to designate areas of the world of 1939 that were color-neutral, since the race of the dominant element played no political role.

1949 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 39 371/1 The two lists of color-neutral pairs and the list of food-neutral pairs are contained in Table I.

1976 R. A. Wicklund & J. W. Brehm Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance vi. 62 The stimuli for this task were color neutral words, such as ‘safe’ and ‘lot’, printed in either red, green, or blue.

1989 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. b1/1 His fund raising has been very successful and color-neutral.

1994 City Paper (Baltimore) 26 Oct. 8/1 Local black leadership is in disarray with a color-neutral African American mayor who mystifies even moderate black activists.

2001 C. W. Mills in B. Meeks & F. Lindahl New Caribbean Thought xviii. 482 The ideal of a colour-neutral, racially accessible market society.

2. Having no decided colour; = neutral adj. 7.

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the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > having no specific colour

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colour-neutral1952

1952 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 8 Sept. 12/8 (advt.) Medium sized platform rocker. Excellent condition. Color neutral background with blue, rose and tan pattern.

2009 L. Hawthorne Gardening with Shape, Line & Texture 83 They make excellent textural contrasts with each other, and form a fine-textured, colour-neutral backdrop against which strong magentas, blues and purples are outstanding.

3. Particle Physics. Not possessing the property of colour (colour n.¹ 24).

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1976 Physics Rep. 23 373 The cost of separating a travelling pair of opposite charged particles would be tremendous in the large coupling constant domain. Only neutral (i.e. colour-neutral) objects would propagate.

2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 115 The stable, low-energy configurations of quarks and gluons are color neutral overall.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colour-neutral
释义	colour-neutralcolor-neutraladj. Brit. /ˌkʌləˈnjuːtr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˌkələrˈn(j)utrəl/ Forms: see colour n.¹ and neutral adj. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: colour n.¹, neutral adj. Etymology: < colour n.¹ + neutral adj. 1. Making no reference to colour; spec. taking no account of differences in skin colour; = colour-blind adj. 2. ΚΠ 1942 Surv. Graphic Nov. 504 In the key to the map above, varying is used to designate areas of the world of 1939 that were color-neutral, since the race of the dominant element played no political role. 1949 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 39 371/1 The two lists of color-neutral pairs and the list of food-neutral pairs are contained in Table I. 1976 R. A. Wicklund & J. W. Brehm Perspectives on Cognitive Dissonance vi. 62 The stimuli for this task were color neutral words, such as ‘safe’ and ‘lot’, printed in either red, green, or blue. 1989 N.Y. Times 10 Oct. b1/1 His fund raising has been very successful and color-neutral. 1994 City Paper (Baltimore) 26 Oct. 8/1 Local black leadership is in disarray with a color-neutral African American mayor who mystifies even moderate black activists. 2001 C. W. Mills in B. Meeks & F. Lindahl New Caribbean Thought xviii. 482 The ideal of a colour-neutral, racially accessible market society. 2. Having no decided colour; = neutral adj. 7. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > having no specific colour neutral1821 colour-neutral1952 1952 Dunkirk (N.Y.) Evening Observer 8 Sept. 12/8 (advt.) Medium sized platform rocker. Excellent condition. Color neutral background with blue, rose and tan pattern. 2009 L. Hawthorne Gardening with Shape, Line & Texture 83 They make excellent textural contrasts with each other, and form a fine-textured, colour-neutral backdrop against which strong magentas, blues and purples are outstanding. 3. Particle Physics. Not possessing the property of colour (colour n.¹ 24). ΚΠ 1976 Physics Rep. 23 373 The cost of separating a travelling pair of opposite charged particles would be tremendous in the large coupling constant domain. Only neutral (i.e. colour-neutral) objects would propagate. 2006 F. Wilczek Fantastic Realities 115 The stable, low-energy configurations of quarks and gluons are color neutral overall. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1942
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