| dullness |
the quality of being slow to understand the quality of lacking interestingness; "the stories were of a dullness to bring a buffalo to its knees" a lack of visual brightness; "the brightness of the orange sky was reflected in the dullness of the orange sea" lack of sensibility; "there was a dullness in his heart"; "without him the dullness of her life crept into her work no matter how she tried to compartmentalize it." without sharpness or clearness of edge or point; "the dullness of the pencil made his writing illegible"
Ãâó: wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
|
|---|---|
| dullness |
(Of a colour) That colour quality, an increase in which is comparable to the effect of the addition of a small quantity of neutral grey colorant, whereby a match cannot be made by adjusting the strength. Note: It is generally found that an increase in dullness is accompanied by a decrease in both saturation and lightness.
Ãâó: www.colour-experience.org/focus/focus_glossary/foc...
|