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[change | change source]
- The colour grey represents pessimism; its opposite, optimism, is represented by the colour rose. It also represents metal.
Shades of grey colour comparison chart[change | change source]
The chart below shows those shades of grey that are major web colours.
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Tones of grey color comparison chart[change | change source]
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| Warm gray | Cool gray |
| Mixed with 6% yellow. | Mixed with 6% blue. |
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196