白い|しろいshiroi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. i-adjectivewhite
   ケンは自転車じてんしゃを白しろく塗ぬりました。↗

   Ken painted his bicycle white.
2. i-adjectiveblank (e.g. paper); uncolored; unmarked; spotless; immaculate
3. i-adjectiveinnocent; not guilty; pure
4. i-adjectivebright; vivid
5. i-adjectiveinexperienced; naive; unrefined

• Synonym真っ白いまっしろいCasualColloquial. Means pure, snow white, stressing that something is white to the utmost — a stronger tone than 「白い」.
• Related淡いあわいNeutralNeutral. Covers pale, faint colors or hazy feelings, as in 「淡い期待」; it is not specific to white.
• Antonym黒いくろいNeutralThe opposite of 「白い」: black, and by extension also suspicious or illicit.

Use 「白い」 as the default for white. Pick 「真っ白い」 for emphatic, pure white (colloquial), 「淡い」 for pale or faint colors and hazy feelings, and 「黒い」 for black or figuratively shady.

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1. 白色はくしょくである様子ようす。
2. 染色せんしょくされていない。また、空白くうはくが多おおい。
3. (人ひとと比くらべ相対的そうたいてきに) 肌はだの色いろがうすい。
4. 潔白けっぱくである。