Gray
intermediate color between black and white; for e.g. color of a cloud-covered sky, ash and lead
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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, Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, Ireland, and New Zealand, as well as a few other countries, this word is spelled grey. In the United States, it is spelled gray.
The first recorded use of gray as a color name in English was in 700. [1]
Meaning of grayEdit
Shades of gray colour comparison chartEdit
The chart below shows those shades of gray that are major web colours.
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| Mixed with 6% yellow. | Mixed with 6% blue. |
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ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196