: a yellowish or grayish white

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The latest collaboration that recently dropped features the long-lasting, preserved Magnificent Roses in four colors (bright pink, baby pink, bright white, and off-white) in vintage-y round boxes. Gina Vaynshteyn, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025 This season, it has been updated in an off-white leather, providing an ideal blank canvas waiting to be filled with your essentials. Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2025 This versatility is helped by the sweater’s natural color, a creamy, off-white shade that complements neutral, pastel, and jewel tones equally. Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025 Williams was wearing a red cotton dress and an off-white trench coat at the time her body was discovered, according to the press release. Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for off-white

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First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of off-white was in 1927

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“Off-white.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/off-white. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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off-white

noun
ˈȯf-ˈhwīt,
-ˈwīt
: a yellowish or grayish white

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