Shades of gray#Stone Gray

Below is a chart showing the computer web color grays. An achromatic gray is a gray color in which the red, green, and blue codes are exactly equal. The web colors gray, gainsboro, light gray, dark gray, and dim gray are all achromatic colors. A chromatic gray is a gray color in which the red, green, and blue codes are not exactly equal, but are close to each other, which is what makes it a shade of gray.

The colors white and black are not usually thought of as shades of gray, but they can be thought of as shades of achromatic gray, as both contain equal amounts of red, blue and green. White is at the extreme upper end of the achromatic value scale and black is at the extreme lower end of the achromatic value scale, with all the colors normally considered tones of achromatic gray colors in between. Since achromatic colors have no hue, the hue code (h code) is left blank for achromatic colors (usually marked as a dash).

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{{infobox color

| title=White

| hex=FFFFFF

| source=By definition

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White is a color, the perception of which is evoked by light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive cone cells in the human eye in equal amounts and with high brightness compared to the surroundings. A white visual stimulation will be void of hue and grayness. White is the lightest possible color.

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Achromatic grays are colors in which the RGB (red, green, and blue) values are exactly equal. Since achromatic grays have no hue, the hue code (the h in the hsv values of the color) is indicated with a dash. Achromatic grays are the axis of the color sphere, with white at the north pole and black at the south pole of the color sphere. The various tones of achromatic gray are along the axis of the color sphere from white at the top of the axis to black at the bottom of the axis.

{{infobox color

| title=Gray/Grey

| spelling=color

| hex=808080

| source=HTML/CSS

| isccname=Medium gray}}

At right is displayed the color gray.

The first recorded use of gray as a color name in the English language was in 700.Maerz and Paul, p. 196

This tone of gray (HTML gray) is universally used as the standard for gray because it is that tone of gray which is halfway between white and black.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

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{{infobox color

| title=Gainsboro

| spelling=color

| hex=DCDCDC

| source=X11

| isccname=Greenish gray}}

At right is displayed the web color Gainsboro

Gainsboro is a pale tone of gray named after british painter Thomas Gainsborough.{{Cite web |title=What Color is Gainsboro? Meaning, Code & Combinations |url=https://piktochart.com/tips/what-color-is-gainsboro#:~:text=The%20color%20Gainsboro%20is%20a,sophisticated%20atmosphere%20in%20living%20spaces. |access-date=2025-03-14 |website=piktochart.com |language=en}}

Prior to standardization as a web color, Gainsboro was included as one of the X11 color names.{{cite web | url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/rgb/tree/rgb.txt | title=rgb.txt | publisher=X.Org Foundation | work=X colorname to RGB mapping database | access-date=18 September 2017}} It was, however, absent from the original 1987 version of the list,{{cite web | url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/rgb/tree/others/old-rgb.txt | title=others/old-rgb.txt | publisher=X.Org Foundation | work=X colorname to RGB mapping database | access-date=18 September 2017}} but present in Paul Raveling's version{{cite web | url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/rgb/tree/others/raveling.txt | title=others/raveling.txt | publisher=X.Org Foundation | work=X colorname to RGB mapping database | access-date=18 September 2017}} which added, amongst other things, "[l]ight and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples".{{cite web | url=https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/rgb/tree/others/README | title=others/README | publisher=X.Org Foundation | work=X colorname to RGB mapping database | access-date=18 September 2017}}

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{{infobox color

| title=Silver

|image=File:SilverB.JPG

| caption=Silver ingots

| hex=C0C0C0

| source=HTML/CSS

| isccname=Light gray}}

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Displayed at right is the web color silver

This color is a representation of the color of the metal silver.

This is supposed to be a metallic color; however, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a flat computer screen.

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{{infobox color

| title=Medium gray

| hex=BEBEBE

| source=X11

| isccname=Light gray}}

At right is displayed the color medium gray, or gray in the X11 color names, which is lighter than the HTML/CSS gray shown below. The coordinates in the X11 were set at 190 to avoid gray being displayed as white on 2-bit grayscale displays.{{cite web|url=http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~alanc/xc-historical/commit/xc/programs/rgb?id=5f5031718d4154a83454995fb6805743c0437fcf |title=change grey from 192 to 190 so less likely to be mapped to white on a 2-bit StaticGray visual |work=X consortium |date=13 May 1991 |access-date=15 December 2014 |last=Gildea |first=Stephen}}

See the chart Color names that clash between X11 and HTML/CSS in the X11 color names article to see those colors which are different in HTML/CSS and X11.

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{{infobox color

| title=Spanish gray

| hex=989898

| source=Gallego and SanzGallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guía de coloraciones (Gallego, Rosa; Sanz, Juan Carlos (2005). Guide to Colorations) Madrid: H. Blume. {{ISBN|84-89840-31-8}}

| isccname=Medium gray}}

Spanish gray is the color that is called gris (gray in Spanish) in the Guía de coloraciones (Guide to colorations) by Rosa Gallego and

Juan Carlos Sanz, a color dictionary published in 2005 that is widely popular in the Hispanophone realm.

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{{infobox color

| title=Davy's gray

| hex=555555

| spelling=color

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-d.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Dark gray}}

Davy's gray is a dark gray color, made from powdered slate, iron oxide and carbon black named for Henry Davy.

{{Citation

| last=Paterson

| first=Ian

| title=A Dictionary of Colour

| edition=1st paperback

| year=2003

| publication-date=2004

| publisher=Thorogood

| location=London

| isbn=1-85418-375-3

| oclc=60411025

| page=134

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{{Citation

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| first1=Nicholas

| last2=Walsh

| first2=Valentine

| last3=Chaplin

| first3=Tracey

| last4=Siddall

| first4=Ruth

| title=Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments

| year=2004

| publication-date=2004

| publisher=Butterworth-Heinemann

| isbn=978-0-7506-5749-5

| oclc=56444720

| page=139

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The first recorded use of Davy's gray as a color name in English was around 1940.Maerz and Paul, p. 194; Color Sample of Davy's Grey: p. 117 Plate 47 Color Sample A4{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Davy%E2%80%99s+gray&year_start=1900&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=0&share=|title=Google Ngram Viewer: Davy's gray|website=books.google.com}}

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{{infobox color

|title= Tundora

|hex= 404040

|r=64|g=64|b=64

|c=0|m=0|y=0|k=75

|h=0|s=0|v=25

|source=The Color API{{cite web |title=Tundora |url=https://www.thecolorapi.com/id?hex=404040&format=html |website=The Color API |access-date=16 February 2025}}

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Tundora refers to a dark shade of gray which lies between gray and black.

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Off-grays are colors that are very close to achromatic grays, but whose red, green, and blue color codes are not exactly equal.

{{infobox color

| title=Xanadu

| hex=738678

|source=Xona.com color list, in turn from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List

|isccname=Moderate green}}

Displayed in the adjacent image is the color xanadu.

The color "xanadu" is a greenish-gray color whose name is derived from the Philodendron.{{Cite web |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53121/11-colors-youve-probably-never-heard |title=11 Colors You've Probably Never Heard Of |date=13 October 2015 |publisher=mentalfloss.com}} The color ultimately comes from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List.{{Cite web |url=https://xona.com/misc/colorlist/ |title=Color List |date=27 July 2023 |publisher=Xona Games}}

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{{Infobox color

| title=Platinum

|image=Image:Platinum crystals.jpg

|caption=Platinum crystals

| hex=E5E4E2

|source=Maerz and Paul[http://www.99colors.net/name/platinum/ Maerz and Paul]The color displayed in the color box above matches the color called platinum in the 1930 book by Maerz and Paul. A Dictionary of Color. New York: McGraw-Hill; the color platinum is displayed on page 113, Plate 45, Color Sample A3.

|isccname=Yellowish white}}

Platinum is a color that is the metallic tint of pale grayish-white resembling the metal platinum.

This is supposed to be a metallic color; however, there is no mechanism for displaying metallic colors on a flat computer screen.

The first recorded use of platinum as a color name in English was in 1918.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York: 1930 McGraw-Hill p. 202; Color Sample of Platinum: p. 113 Plate 45 Color Sample A3

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{{infobox color

| title=Ash gray

|image=File:Campfire scar 08319.JPG

|caption=Wood ash from a campfire

| hex=B2BEB5

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-a.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Pale green}}

Displayed in the adjacent image is the color ash gray.

The color ash gray is a representation of the color of ash; also known (from its name in Latin language) as cinereous.

The first recorded use of ash gray as a color name in English was in 1374.Maerz and Paul, p. 189; Color Sample of Ash grey: p. 77 Plate 27 Color Sample A2

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{{infobox color

| title=Battleship gray

|image=File:USS Wisconsin (BB-64) preps.JPG

|caption=The battleship USS Wisconsin

| hex=848482

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-b.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Medium gray}}

The color battleship gray is displayed in the adjacent image. It is so called because the color is the shade of gray from the specular micaceous hematite paint used for rustproofing iron and steel battleships.Thornton Kay [http://www.salvonews.com/story/shining-ore-blotters-black-lead-and-battleship-grey-x85672x9.html "Shining ore, blotters, black lead and battleship grey"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160625050617/http://www.salvonews.com/story/shining-ore-blotters-black-lead-and-battleship-grey-x85672x9.html |date=25 June 2016 }} SalvoNEWS.

The normalized color coordinates for battleship gray are identical to old silver, first recorded as a color name in English in 1905.Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill p. 189; Color Sample of Old Silver: p. 99 Plate 38 Color Sample A1

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{{infobox color

| title = Gunmetal

| hex = 2A3439

| source = [http://encycolorpedia.com/2a3439 Encycolorpedia]

| isccname = Blackish green}}

Gunmetal is a shade of gray that has a bluish purple tinge.{{cite web|title=Definition: Gunmetal|url=http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gunmetal|publisher=Dictionary.com|access-date=8 August 2017}} It describes the color of several metals used in industrial applications, such as tarnished gunmetal, or parkerized steel.

File:Alpha Ind CWU 45(N).JPG CWU 45(N) in gunmetal gray]]

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{{infobox color

| title = Lead Gray

| image=Lead electrolytic and 1cm3 cube.jpg

| caption=Oxidized lead nodules and a high purity lead cube

| symbolism=Lead, Black tin

| hex = 7D7D7C

| source = Dulux Trade{{Cite web|title=Lead Grey - Cool Neutral - Find products in this colour {{!}} Dulux_Trade|url=https://www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/en/colours/lead-grey-1780015|website=www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk|access-date=2022-12-17}}

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Lead gray is a shade of gray resembling the color of a lead nodule. This color is widely used as a wall paint color.{{Cite web|author1=Oonagh Turner|date=2022-06-07|title=Cool color schemes – 8 interior palette ideas for a tranquil and serene space|url=https://www.livingetc.com/ideas/cool-color-schemes|website=livingetc.com|language=en|access-date=2022-12-17}}

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{{infobox color

| title=Charcoal

|image=File:Charcoal lump.jpg

|caption=Charcoal

| hex=36454F

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Dark grayish blue}}

Charcoal is a color that is a representation of the dark gray color of burned wood.

The first recorded use of charcoal as a color name in English was in 1606.Maerz and Paul, p. 192; color sample: p. 117, plate 47 Color Sample A2 – Charcoal

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{{infobox color

| title=Stone gray

|image=frameless frameless

|caption=Indian 500 rupee note, obverse and reverse

| hex=928E85

| source=List of RAL colors

| isccname=Light grayish olive}}

Stone gray[https://encycolorpedia.com/928e85 Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #928E85:]. encycolorpedia.com. Retrieved on 2018-12-27. is a color represented in the list of RAL classic colors from RAL colour standard. This is the main color on the Indian 500-rupee note.

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Cool grays have noticeably bluish, greenish, or violetish hues.

{{infobox color

| title=Cool gray

| hex=9090C0

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Light purplish blue}}

Cool gray, is a medium light color gray mixed with the color blue.

This color is a dull shade of blue-gray.

This color is identical with color sample No. 203 (identified as gray blue) at the following website: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm]}}—The ISCC-NBS Dictionary of Colo(u)r Names (1955), a website for stamp collectors to evaluate the colors of their stamps.

Poet George Sterling once wrote a poem calling San Francisco the "cool grey city of love"[http://alangullette.com/lit/sterling/coolgrey.htm "The Cool, Grey City of Love" by George Sterling:] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070903110210/http://alangullette.com/lit/sterling/coolgrey.htm |date=3 September 2007 }}. Alangullette.com (11 December 1920). Retrieved on 2013-03-21. The phrase cool grey as applied to San Francisco refers to the frequent fogs from the Pacific Ocean that envelop the city.

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{{infobox color

| title=Cadet gray

| hex=91A3B0

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-c.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Grayish blue}}

{{Main|Cadet gray}}

Cadet gray is a slightly bluish shade of gray. The first recorded use of cadet grey as a color name in English was in 1912.Maerz and Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Cadet Grey: p. 95 Plate 36 Color Sample C4

Before 1912, the word cadet gray was used as a name for a type of military issue uniforms. Most famously, it was the color of the uniforms of the Confederate Army. In 1815, it had earlier become the color of the uniforms of the United States Military Academy (West Point)."Cadets, U.S. Military Academy, 1816–1817," Military Uniforms in America, Vol II, Years of Growth 1796–1851, Company of Military Historians, 1977

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{{infobox color

| title=Blue-gray

| hex=6699CC

| source=Crayola

| isccname=Light blue}}

{{Main|Blue-gray}}

Blue-gray was a Crayola crayon color from 1958 to 1990.

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{{infobox color

| title=Glaucous

|image=File:Larus hyperboreus-USFWS.jpg

|caption=Glaucous gull

| hex=6082B6

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Moderate blue}}

{{Main|Glaucous}}

Glaucous (from the Latin glaucus, meaning "bluish-gray", from the Greek glaukos) is used to describe the pale gray or blue appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus), glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens), glaucous macaw (Anodorhynchus glaucus), and glaucous tanager (Thraupis glaucocolpa).

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{{infobox color

| title=Slate gray

|image=

File:36 fragmenten van grote grijze leistenen maalsteen; aan boven- en onderzijde voorzien - O36ZFL - 60015759 - RCE.jpg

|caption=Samples of slate

| hex=708090

| source=X11

| isccname=Grayish blue}}

{{Main|Slate gray}}

Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate.

The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.Maerz and Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Slate Gray: p. 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A2

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{{Infobox color

|title = Gray-green

|hex = 5E716A

|source=ISCC-NBS{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

|isccname = Grayish green}}

Gray-green (also known as grayish-green, greenish-gray, emerald-gray, or green-gray) is a greenish-gray color.

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{{infobox color

|title=Marengo

|hex=4C5866

|source={{cite web|title=#4c5866 (Маренго)|url=http://colors.aeio.ru/color/4c5866|publisher=colors.aeio.ru|access-date=25 May 2016|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804105317/http://colors.aeio.ru/color/4c5866|archive-date=4 August 2016}}{{cite web|title=Маренго|url=http://whoyougle.ru/services/color/4C5866|publisher=whoyougle.ru|access-date=25 May 2016|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630115419/http://whoyougle.ru/services/color/4C5866|archive-date=30 June 2016}}

|isccname=Grayish blue}}

{{Main|Marengo (color)}}

Marengo is a shade of gray (black with gray tinge) or blue colors.{{cite web|title=Marengo|url=http://www.silestoneusa.com/color/marengo/|publisher=silestoneusa.com|access-date=25 May 2016}}{{cite web|title=Marengo|url=http://www.colourlovers.com/color/5B5D74/Marengo|website=www.colourlovers.com|access-date=25 May 2016}} Sometimes the color is described as the color of a wet asphalt.

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{{infobox color

|title=Nardo gray

|hex=686a6c

}}

Nardo gray is a color chosen by Audi in 2013 for their new RS7.{{Cite web|url=https://metrorestyling.com/collections/nardo-gray-wrap|title=Nardo Grey Wrap|website=Metro Restyling}} Since featuring this color, many other vehicle companies copied their lead and introduced a similar color availability for their cars and SUVs.TouchUpDirect [https://touchupdirect.com/blog/what-is-nardo-grey/ What is Nardo Gray?], July 11, 2022

The color code is Y7C.Porsche Club of America [https://www.rennbow.org/porsche-colors/Nardo%20Grey Nardo grey]

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Warm grays are colors that are noticeably brownish, pinkish grays, or reddish purple grays. The color brown is itself a dark shade of orange. Brown colors also include dark shades of rose, red, and amber. Pink colors include light tones of rose, red, and orange. These tones of pink become warm grays when they are mixed with gray.

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| title=Rose quartz

| hex=AA98A9

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-r.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Pale purple}}

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There is a grayish tone of rose called rose quartz.

The first recorded use of rose quartz as a color name in English was in 1926.Maerz and Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Rose Quartz: p. 129 Plate 53 Color Sample B3

File:Quartz, muscovite.jpg crystals on muscovite]]

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{{infobox color

| title=Cinereous

| spelling=color

| hex=98817B

| source=Maerz and PaulMaerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Cinereous: p. 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3

| isccname=Light grayish brown}}

{{Main|Cinereous}}

Cinereous is a color, ashy gray in appearance, either consisting of or resembling ashes, or a gray color tinged with coppery brown. It is derived from the Latin cinereous, from cinis (ashes).

The first recorded use of cinereous as a color name in English was in 1661.Maerz and Paul, p. 193; Color Sample of Cinereous: p. 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3

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{{Infobox color

| title=Taupe

| hex=483C32

| source={{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121122220208/http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-t.htm ISCC-NBS]}}

| isccname=Dark grayish yellowish brown}}

{{Main|Taupe}}

The color displayed at right matches the color sample called taupe referenced below in the 1930 book A Dictionary of Color, the world standard for color terms before the invention of computers. However, the word taupe may often be used to refer to lighter shades of taupe today, and therefore another name for this color is dark taupe.

The first use of taupe as a color name in English was in the early 19th century.Maerz and Paul, p. 205; Discussion of Color Taupe, p. 183; Color Sample of Taupe: p. 55 Plate 16 Color Sample A6

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{{infobox color

| title=Greige

| hex=CCC2BA

| source=[https://thecolorsmeaning.com/shades-of-gray-color-names/ TheColorsMeaning]

| isccname=Reddish Gray}}

This is a warm gray that combines beige and gray. Its name is believed to have originated from the French word "gris," meaning gray.

Georgio Armani pioneered its use in fashion in 1975.

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• Eigengrau
• Feldgrau
• Payne's gray
• Shades of black
• Shades of white

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• Maerz, Aloys John and Paul, M. Rea (1930) A Dictionary of Color, New York: McGraw-Hill

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