Word of the Day: Eigengrau
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Can you pronounce eigengrau?  | | Thursday, December 14, 2023 |
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| noun | 1. The dark gray color seen by the eyes in perfect darkness as a result of signals from the optic nerves. |
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 | | "Before my eyes adjusted to the dark, all I could see was eigengrau." | | "Henry awoke in the eigengrau of total darkness, so he quickly turned on his lamp." | | "The darkness of the sub-basement seemed eigengrau to my eyes." |
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 | | German, mid-20th century |
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 | | "Eigengrau" is a German loanword used to describe the specific color of total darkness as perceived by human eyes. Rather than black, the color that human optic nerves discern in pure darkness is a dark gray, which is why eigengrau is sometimes called "brain gray." ... |  |
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