decolor v 1: remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" [syn: {bleach}, {bleach out}, {decolor}, {decolour}, {decolorize}, {decolourize}, {decolorise}, {decolourise}, {discolorize}, {discolourise}, {discolorise}]
Decolor \De*col"or\, v. t. [Cf. F. d['e]colorer, L. decolorare. Cf. {Discolor}.] To deprive of color; to bleach. [1913 Webster]