How To Use Off-white In A Sentence
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Two large 1957 canvases, All Alone and Body and Soul, each about 3 by 5 feet, are playful images with pink scumbled lines activating the rich off-white, pale blue, brown and gray impasto at the center of the canvases.
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The owners painted the ceiling off-white and applied a stain to the rustic beams to make them look like driftwood.
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Subtle pinks blended with soft oranges, rich creams and the palest off-whites.
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The artwork, attractively printed in blue ink on an off-white ground, has polish and clarity.
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All bass necks are made from 4 x 2 planed softwood and should be painted black on one side and a sort-of vaguely off-white on the other.
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I learned what optical brightening agents “OBAs” were through the sad experience of buying some imported linen towels, in an off-white hue, that had a label bearing these words: “OBAs will affect shade.”
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She was dressed in a shimmering off-white dress that complimented her rosy complexion.
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He said the man was wearing off-white board shorts, no shirt and had a shaved head.
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The guy looked ultra-cool in his off-white muscle tee and a pair of beige Dockers.
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The front piece of the stage was unattached, and all of the lovely off-white carpeting is still covered in plastic.
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She looked incredible, as usual, with her brown ponytail, an off-white silk shantung pants suit, and a gorgeous Fabrice resin flower pin with seed-pearl-tipped stamens.
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His carpet was a dark shade of green that almost looked black, and his walls were off-white.
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The whole place had great big gorgeous windows set in black mahogany, which really did set a nice classic contrast to the soft off-white shade of the walls.
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The ceilings are painted an off-white color, and we have wallpapered boarders with flowers blooming on them.
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I slipped on a pair of off-white heels, grabbed my purse and ran downstairs.
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Upstairs the master bedroom with exposed stone walls on two sides has been stylishly decorated in lilac with off-white carpeting.
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Gevinski dug into his back pocket and offered her an off-white handkerchief.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
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But after weeks or months submerged in water, what remains is an off-white amassment of curvilinear bones that can be washed and whitened with hydrogen peroxide to be labelled and placed in a display case for the remainder of time.
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The walls were off-white, and the moldings were elaborate and darkly stained.
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On each of them Tompkins has stuck a number of sheets of creased, off-white paper, similar in quality to newsprint.
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It was pale off-white, and had granite counter tops, and electronics galore.
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Soft off-white colours and pastels, chubby pillows and billowing curtains take the edge off a late night nursing or a restless bout of colic.
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Number Four heroin from the golden triangle of South-East Asia is nearly always off-white, almost pure diamorphine.
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I removed the finished thread from the bobbin, and wound it into a big off-white ball.
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On his legs he wore a pair of off-white pants that cut off above his ankles.
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There are some great designs in off-white jackets - they look good with one of our designer linen shirts.
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The emphatic gold cross of the foreground casts what is in effect its shadow, in the off-white form ‘behind’ it, to summon depth and encourage our involvement.
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Here, the background in both the hallway and dining room is off-white, a blend of creams and whites and eggshell.
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He can't find buyers anymore for "sunglow" boa constrictors, which sport an unnatural reddish-orange-and-off-white coloration, and fetched $3,000 two years ago.
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I notice the off-white parquet floors, which look contemporary.
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The walls were the same off-white with the darkly stained molding found in the lobby of the building.
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The bride was in a striking off-white dress.
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The exceptions were the white cotton cloth called baft and the off-white cloth that was called malti or mansuri or kham.
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Schematic notation and scrawled text inscribed on the off-white paper grounds explicate the works' conception and fabrication.
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The roof is an off-white translucent membrane spanning gently curving rafters.
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It is off-white and rindless, shaped like a truncated 1-pound cone.
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Not only do the have a tube that look like an artery from which they squeeze some disgusting, off-white fatty gunge but it also has shots of various people smoking and the same gunge is dripping out of the end of the cigarettes.
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In many places the medieval dalmatic has given way to a full-length white or off-white tunic which is simple and functional.
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Obviously ‘quite tanned’ for me means off-white and freckly, but it's been good times.
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Khadi can often encompass many shades from oatmeal, to grey and off-white.
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If you are wearing white or off-white trousers and jacket, what goes underneath matters most; it's the contrast that will make it all work.
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She was wearing her least favourite clothes; an off-white tunic, with green leggings.
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Painted on top of each are geometric shapes that range from dark green to magenta to off-white.
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‘People are surprised that I can do so detailed a rectilinear structure,’ he says of the building's off-white limestone wrapper.
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For off-white jackets, try Stella McCartney's slim-fit twill blazer (£1,035); for white, Elizabeth & James's Emery linen and cotton-blend blazer (£350) or Day Birger et Mikkelsen's "South African" cropped blazer (£170).
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The images, presented at different scales on off-white paper, are slightly askew so as not to become confrontational.
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Then they left it like that for a few days, the back walls brinded grey and off-white, like a hybrid cow.
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His colour palette was more along the lines of a sombre grey, black, various shades of brown and off-white.
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As he stared at the bright, off-white disk, though, he was distracted by some small flashes of light, which started appearing just below the disk of the moon.
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The show's most impressive piece was Tully, for which the artist cut a design into the gallery's wall and inlaid an off-white encaustic medium.
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The chairs are upholstered in the same fabric used on the table and for the curtains, and the plain off-white rug prevents the floral pattern from becoming overwhelming.
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Her dress was very stately; it was mostly off-white silk, like the color of buttery cream in a churn.
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High-quality, refined leather in sophisticated brown forms a powerful contrast to surfaces in elegant off-white.
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Colour tends to be dark grey on the dorsal surface, fading to off-white on the belly.
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Pods of both species are beige to off-white, from which the species name alba, or white, originates.
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I liked the Manchego very much, and it reminded me a little of the French cantal: same off-white color, a little peppery and piquant, with a soft texture that has a tendency to flake.
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He changes his off-white shirt for a beige one that makes him look, if anything, even more preternaturally pale.
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White or off-white is always a safe bet in terms of color selection.
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The restrained colour palette of whites teamed with off-white limestone-effect floors and a range of pale fittings enhances the already powerful sense of natural light.
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The hair was off-white and untidy, calling to mind the fleece of a bedraggled sheep.
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An off-white agricultural marquee, like some wayward beached iceberg, covered an all-weather work area.
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The off-white stucco walls and red shutters of Casa came into view, and a Mexican guard opened a red iron gate.
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The number had been daubed on the wall in off-white emulsion paint next to the boarded up front door.
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The muted red, gray and off-white mottled surface of the former brings to mind the texture of sinewy muscles; the monochromatic black installs a simple elegance on the latter.
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An elegant Siddha on a cave ceiling is done in sombre shades of blue, ranging from off-white to ultramarine, an unusual colour scheme.
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The owners painted the ceiling off-white and applied a stain to the rustic beams to make them look like driftwood.
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We had one rack of mat samples which included a few shades of white and off-white in acid-free boards.
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On slightly off-white paper, Botha paints in oils of the same colour, a series of partial and whole coats of arms.
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Painted on top of each are geometric shapes that range from dark green to magenta to off-white.
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The female, scaly-brown in colouring, displays a much less conspicuous off-white gorget.
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The viewer begins at the outset of a march along an off-white path towards the horizon, towards a low-hanging light barely able to sustain its flame.
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Cream and off-white appeals to a wide audience and most people can contentedly ‘live with it’ in a new house.
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Colors include off-white, green, lovat green, oatmeal, navy, black, white and other colors, if requested.
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It was a pale blue with off-white trim reminding him of a beach cabin he stayed in for a week when he was a child.
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Savvy designers who create a pre-season line, or a resort collection—and almost all of them do these days—recognize the importance of white or off-white to a summer customer desperate to buy something that isn't made of boiled wool in black or navy.
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The opening shot reveals the hallway, painted a soft, off-white colour.
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The walls were off-white and I lay in a double bed with a moss green duvet.
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When I first moved into the room, they decorated it with aforesaid carpet; off-white paneling on one long wall; 'stripes' of small flowers climbing up vines, in alternating stripes of pink and pale orange on the other long wall; a pattern of scattered large (like, 8 ) flowers in varying shades of pinks and orange on the two short walls.
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The off-white walls didn't come off as much to admire, but for some reason Josie adored them.
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Before him stood, or crouched, a diminutive, dark-skinned individual, clad in a scarlet fez and an off-white nightgown.
THE LONELY SEA
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The chipped off-white of the wall behind her stood out starkly against her unusual dusky complexion and tan-and-green attire.
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Cap sleeves with off-white lace foamed off of a gold bodice with a white insert.
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The walls were the same off-white with the darkly stained molding found in the lobby of the building.
WEB OF DREAMS
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For straightforward, reliable silk shirts, try various shades of off-white from Equipment from around £225.
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Artsmithite is vitreous, has an off-white to cream-colored streak, shows no obvious cleavage, and displays an irregular fracture.
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The bark is ground to an off-white powder that has a sweet taste and a pinelike odor.
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Dirty grey curls covered his head, and his complexion was off-white, like lard.
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The scene is so L.A.: a line of red-tile roofs covering tidy stucco houses, most painted off-white or ochre, with an occasional pistachio green or bubblegum pink tossed in for fun.
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The nodule has a relatively fracture-free interior that is an off-white color tinged with green streaking.
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He limits himself to a few colors, employing the off-white of kaolin and such dark earth tones as red, brown and black in his allover, schematic compositions.
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Objects were painted to either simulate the color and maculation of Brownheaded Cowbirds eggs (i.e., off-white background with brown speckles [see Harrison 1978) or they were painted immaculate white.
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If you want an added detail on your shoe, go for a pair with off-white stitching.
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My uniform consists of a short puffy black skirt with a lacy blue apron, and a creamy off-white blouse.
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There was no chance of snowfall, and the sky was a fine, mottled china-blue and off-white.
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The Voyager clock comprises a half-moon of off-white plastic, with a delightfully forced-perspective ship leering out at you.
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It features yellow lilies, yellow and white cushion mums, burgundy snapdragons, off-white roses, yellow alstroemeria, misty blue limonium, hypericum, ruscus leaves, and salal leaves.
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The bride, wearing a floating off-white crepe dress and matching heels, marched to a makeshift altar where the groom waited.
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Khadi can often encompass many shades from oatmeal, to grey and off-white.
