Dark and Washed out

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Dark adjective - Being without light or without much light.

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Washed out is an antonym for dark.

Nearby Words: darken, darkness, darkened, darkening, darkly

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Dark is an antonym for washed out in light in color or effect topic.

Shigurui makes use of this to great effect through the recurrence of red in an otherwise-washed out/dark palette — Irako's lips, Iku's nipples, and blood, lots of it.

Source: Deliberately Monochrome
The remake on the Gamecube shifted the color and brightness in the opposite direction by making everything dark unless there was a good light source nearby and all the colors are muted and washed out with a mix of brown and gray.

Source: Real Is Brown

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