From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Colorless \Col"or*less\, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent;
as, colorless water; a colorless gas.
Note: [Narrower terms: {ashen, bloodless, livid, lurid, pale,
pallid, pasty, wan, waxen}; {neutral}; {white}] [Also
See: {achromatic}, {colorless}.]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar
sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes,
prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style;
definitions should be colorless.
[1913 Webster]
3. having lost its normal color.
Note: [Narrower terms: {blanched, etiolate, etiolated,
whitened}; {bleached, faded, washed-out, washy};
{dimmed, dulled, grayed}; {dirty}; {dull, sober,
somber, subfusc}] {colored}
Syn: colorless, uncolored, uncoloured.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
colorless
adj 1: lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and
unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the
parade" [syn: {colorless}, {colourless}] [ant:
{colorful}, {colourful}]
2: weak in color; not colorful [syn: {colorless}, {colourless}]
[ant: {colorful}, {colourful}]
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