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white; white color
The color white, used in formal, technical, or scientific contexts rather than everyday speech.
白色の粉末が検出された。
A white powder was detected.
この花は白色から淡いピンクまで変化する。
This flower varies from white to pale pink.
白色LEDの開発はノーベル賞を受賞した研究に基づいている。
The development of white LEDs is based on Nobel Prize-winning research.
The formal, Sino-Japanese reading for white, composed of 白 (white) + 色 (color). Used in technical, scientific, and official descriptions. In everyday conversation, 白 or 白い is used instead. Common in compound terms and product descriptions.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 白色光: white light
- 白色矮星: white dwarf (astronomy)
- 白色人種: white race (Caucasian)
- 白色テロ: White Terror (political purge)
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 白: white — the everyday word for the color white
- 白い: white (adjective) — the i-adjective form used in daily speech
- 純白: pure white — emphasizes purity and brightness