[f. prec. + -NESS.] Colorless quality or state.

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1684–5.  Boyle, Min. Waters, 94. Salts that resemble it in transparency, colourlesness, and Figure.

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1854.  Blackw. Mag., LXXVI. 551. We are too fond of paleness, colourlessness, in our interiors.

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1869.  Contemp. Rev., XII. 438. The accessory circumstances … are all presented with photographic clearness, colourlessness, and boldness of relief.

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