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Rh Blank, not written upon, because the common color of paper previous to its being written upon, is white.

A Blank.—1. A void (or white) space on paper. 2. A paper with vacant (or white) spaces left to be filled.

, white. (L.) Hence,

Album, a book originally blank, in which friends insert pieces as memorials.

Albumen—1. The white of an egg. 2. A substance resembling the white of an egg, and forming a constituent part both of the animal fluids and solids.

Albino, a white person belonging to a race of blacks.

, is the absence of all color.

, black. (L.) Hence,

Atrabilarian, affected with melancholy, which the ancients attributed to a black bile. (L. bilis, bile.)

Atramental, black like ink. (atramentum, ink.)

[], black. Gr.) Hence

Melancholy, mental gloom; thus called, because the Ancients supposed that mental gloom was owing to the existence of black bile in the system [chole], bile.

is a mixture of white and black, as when white and black hairs are mingled on the human head.

, somewhat gray, as the grizzly bear.

A is a portion of a surface of a different color from the surrounding portions.

A is a small spot.

A is a long, narrow space of a different color from the ground.

A is a straight streak of uniform width.

A is a streak running through the substance of a solid body.

A is an irregular space marked by a blending of the ground with other colors.

, marked with spots.

, marked with specks.

, marked with streaks.

, marked with stripes.

, marked with veins.

, marked with clouds.

, marked with spots of different colors.

, marked with spots of different colors, or shades of color, as if stained.

, consisting of different colors, as a motley coat. Hence, mixed, as a motley crowd.

, marked with spots of different colors, or shades of color; as, a dappled horse.

, marked with stripes of different colors crossing each other.

is a dusky color inclining to red.

, of a reddish brown color; as, a russet mantle.

, of a reddish brown; as auburn locks.

, partaking of brown and black; as, a dun horse.

, of a dull brown color. (Applied to cloth.)

, of a light-red color. (Spoken of horses.)

, inclining to chestnut-brown. (Spoken of horses.)

, of a bay, sorrel, or dark color, with spots of gray or white thickly interspersed. (Spoken of horses.)

, of a yellowish red. (Spoken of the human hair.)

is the color of the human skin.

, having a light complexion.

To is to darken the complexion by exposure to the sun.

, of a yellowish-dark color, like things tanned.

, of a dark complexion. The inhabitants of warm climates are either swarthy or black.

, of a dirty dark color. The walls of a room are rendered dingy by smoke and dust.

, black. The negroes are called the sable sons of Africa. Sable habiliments are emblematic of mourning. (From the sable, an animal with a beautifully black, and highly-prized fur.)

, of a deep-black color. (From