de-color

de·col·or

[dee-kuhl-er]
verb (used with object)
to remove the color from; deprive of color; bleach.
Also, especially British, de·col·our.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English decolouren < Latin dēcolōrāre, equivalent to dē- de- + colōrāre to color

Related forms
de·col·or·a·tion, noun
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decolor

verb
remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt" 
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