alabaster vs ash-colored

alabaster

adj
  • Resembling alabaster: white, pale, translucent. 

  • Made of alabaster. 

noun
  • An off-white colour, like that of alabaster. 

  • A variety of calcite, translucent and sometimes banded. 

  • A fine-grained white or lightly-tinted variety of gypsum, used ornamentally. 

ash-colored

adj
  • Of the color of ashes; pale grey. 

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