Definitions for whitish
ˈʰwaɪ tɪʃ, ˈwaɪ-whitish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 2 votes

1. milky, milklike, whitishadjective

   resembling milk in color not clear

   "milky glass"

2. whitish, off-whiteadjective

   of something having a color tending toward white

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. whitishadjective

   Somewhat white, pale or almost white.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whitishnoun

   Somewhat white.

   Etymology: from white.

   The same aqua-fortis, that will quickly change the redness of red lead into a darker colour, will, being put upon crude lead, produce a whitish substance, as with copper it did a bluish. Boyle.

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1. whitish

   Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white. Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors, which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme or yellow that looks like brown. In color theory, a shade is a pure color mixed with black (or having a lower lightness). Strictly speaking, a "shade of white" would be a neutral grey. This article is also about off-white colors that vary from pure white in hue, and in chroma (also called saturation, or intensity). Colors often considered "shades of white" include cream, eggshell, ivory, Navajo white, and vanilla. Even the lighting of a room, however, can cause a pure white to be perceived as off-white.Off-white colors were pervasively paired with beiges in the 1930s, and especially popular again from roughly 1955 to 1975. In terms of paint, off-white paints are now becoming more popular, with Benjamin Moore having 152 shades of off-whites, Behr having 167, and PPG has 315.Whiteness measures the degree to which a surface is white in colorimetry.

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1. whitish

   Whitish refers to something that is somewhat white or partially white in color. It is often used to describe things that are slightly pale, milky, or off-white.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Whitishadjective

   somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree

2. Whitishadjective

   covered with an opaque white powder

3. Etymology: [From White.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WHITISH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Whitish is ranked #98982 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Whitish surname appeared 183 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Whitish.
   
   98.3% or 180 total occurrences were White.

How to pronounce whitish?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say whitish in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of whitish in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of whitish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of whitish in a Sentence

1. Darrell Rigel:

   This is a real issue, especially if you're a darker-skinned individual, to use the zinc or titanium, you're going to have like a whitish sheet on your face.

2. Richard Golden:

   There are a whole lot of potential conditions that can cause that whitish reflection, but all warrant attention.

3. Nick Wiltgen:

   In clouds, iridescence is a byproduct of sunlight being diffracted by water droplets or ice crystals, causing the various wavelengths of light – which we see as colours – to emerge at different angles, as they reach the observer’s eye, the observer perceives a pattern of various colours as those different wavelengths reach his or her eye from distinct directions, rather than being jumbled together and appearing whitish.

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