Gray
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Gray or grey is the color of black and white mixed together.
Gray is the color of an elephant, cement, pencil writing, and rainy clouds. Gray often looks like someone made black lighter, but not so light that it is white.
Grey color represents neutrality and balance.
In the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, India, Ireland, and New Zealand, as well as a few other countries, this word is spelled grey. In the United States and Canada, it is spelled gray.
The first recorded use of gray as a color name in English was in 700. [1]
Meaning of grey
Shades of grey colour comparison chart
The chart below shows those shades of grey that are major web colours.
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Tones of grey color comparison chart
Warm gray | Cool gray |
Mixed with 6% yellow. | Mixed with 6% blue. |
Gray Media
Brazilian princesses Leopoldina and Isabel (seated) wearing grey gowns, c. 1855
Storm clouds towards Clare Island, Ireland
The city of Kouvola, mostly known for its grayscale envinroment, in Kymenlaakso, Finland
Related pages
References
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196