Off-white is a white colour that is not pure white. It has a little yellow or grey in it, so it looks softer, creamier, or slightly dusty.

Off-white is a white colour是一種白色，that is not pure white只是不是純白。It has a little yellow or grey in it它裡面帶一點黃或灰，so it looks所以它看起來 softer柔和一些、creamier奶油感一些，or slightly dusty或稍微帶點灰撲撲。

People use it for paint, cloth, paper, walls, and wedding dresses. Designers like it because hard white can feel cold or like a hospital; off-white feels warmer. It is a real colour name, not a mistake and not “dirty white,” though a very grey off-white can look tired.

People人們 use it for拿它用在 paint油漆、cloth布料、paper紙、walls牆壁，and wedding dresses和婚紗上。Designers設計師 like it喜歡它，because因為 hard white生硬的純白 can feel cold會讓人覺得冷 or like a hospital或像醫院；off-white feels warmer感覺較溫暖。It is a real colour name它是正式的顏色名字，not a mistake不是弄錯，and not “dirty white,”也不是「髒掉的白」，though不過 a very grey off-white灰得很重的 off-white，can look tired可能看起來很疲倦。

You can use it as an adjective (off-white walls) or as a noun (the walls are an off-white). There is no sharp line where white ends and off-white begins — shops just pick a name that sounds nice.

You can use it你可以把它 as an adjective當形容詞 (off-white walls米白的牆) or as a noun或當名詞 (the walls are an off-white牆是一種米白)。where white ends and off-white begins白到哪裡結束、off-white 從哪裡開始，There is no sharp line並沒有一條清楚的線——shops商店 just pick a name that sounds nice只是挑一個聽起來好聽的名字。

Cream, ivory, and ivory-white sit nearby; off-white is the honest, slightly duller neighbour of pure white. Everyday, neutral, used in shops and homes more than in poetry.

Cream, ivory, and ivory-white這幾個名字 sit nearby就住在旁邊；off-white is是 of pure white純白 the honest, slightly duller neighbour身邊那個老實、稍微暗一點的鄰居。Everyday日常、neutral中性，in shops and homes在商店和家裡 used用得 more than in poetry比在詩裡多。