Shades of gray

Short description: Variations of the color gray

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Gray/Grey

Common connotations
pessimism, depression, boredom, neutrality, undefinedness, old age, contentment and elegance
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #808080
Source| HTML/CSS[1]

Variations of gray or grey include achromatic grayscale shades, which lie exactly between white and black, and nearby colors with low colorfulness. A selection of a number of these various colors is shown below.

## Contents

* 1 Chart of computer web color grays
* 2 White and black
* 2.1 White
* 3 Achromatic grays
* 3.1 Gray
* 3.2 Gainsboro
* 3.3 Silver
* 3.4 Medium gray
* 3.5 Spanish gray
* 3.6 Davy's gray
* 3.7 Tundora
* 4 Off-grays
* 4.1 Ash gray
* 4.2 Battleship gray
* 4.3 Charcoal
* 4.4 French gray
* 4.5 Gunmetal
* 4.6 Lead gray
* 4.7 Platinum
* 4.8 Stone gray
* 4.9 Taupe gray
* 4.10 Xanadu
* 4.11 Zinc gray
* 4.12 Zircon gray
* 5 Cool grays
* 5.1 Blue-gray
* 5.2 Cadet
* 5.3 Cadet gray
* 5.4 Cool gray
* 5.5 Feldgrau
* 5.6 Glaucous
* 5.7 Gray-green
* 5.8 Marengo
* 5.9 Nardo gray
* 5.10 Slate gray
* 6 Warm grays
* 6.1 Cinereous
* 6.2 Greige
* 6.3 Rose quartz
* 6.4 Taupe
* 7 See also
* 8 References
* 9 Bibliography

## Chart of computer web color grays

Below is a chart showing the computer web color grays. An achromatic gray is a gray color in which the values for the red, green and blue components are exactly equal. A chromatic gray is a color in which one or more of the ratios between red, green and blue is unequal, but only slightly, which is what makes it a shade of gray. Among the web colors, gray, light gray, dark gray, dim gray and gainsboro are all achromatic or "neutral" grays, whereas slate gray, light slate gray and dark slate gray are chromatic. When the imbalance of the three color ratios in a chromatic gray favors green or blue it is called a "cool" gray, and when it favors red it is called a "warm" gray; all of the web colors' chromatic grays are of the "cool" variety.

HTML color name  | Sample  | Hex triplet

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By name  | By hex triplet
`gainsboro` |  |  | `#dcdcdc`
`lightgray` |  |  | `#d3d3d3`
`silver` |  |  | `#c0c0c0`
`darkgray` |  |  | `#a9a9a9`
`gray` |  |  | `#808080`
`lightslategray` |  |  | `#778899`
`slategray` |  |  | `#708090`
`dimgray` |  |  | `#696969`
`darkslategray` |  |  | `#2f4f4f`

## White and black

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).

### White

Main article: White

White

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FFFFFF
Source| By definition

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.

## Achromatic grays

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.

### Gray

Gray/Grey

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #808080
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[2]

### Gainsboro

Gainsboro

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #DCDCDC
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Greenish gray

At right is displayed the web color Gainsboro

Gainsboro is a pale tone of gray named after british painter Thomas Gainsborough.[3]

Prior to standardization as a web color, Gainsboro was included as one of the X11 color names.[4] It was, however, absent from the original 1987 version of the list,[5] but present in Paul Raveling's version[6] which added, amongst other things, "[l]ight and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples".[7]

### Silver

Silver

Silver ingots

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #C0C0C0
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light gray

Main article: Silver (color)

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.

### Medium gray

Medium gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #BEBEBE
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[8]

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.

### Spanish gray

Spanish gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #989898
Source| Gallego and Sanz[9]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.

### Davy's gray

Davy's gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #555555
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark gray

Davy's gray is a dark gray color, made from powdered slate, iron oxide and carbon black named for Henry Davy.[10][11]

### Tundora

Tundora

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #404040
Source| The Color API[12]

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

## Off-grays

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

### Ash gray

Ash gray

Wood ash from a campfire

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #B2BEB5
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[13]

### Battleship gray

"Battleship grey" redirects here. For the Tiësto song, see Battleship Grey.

Battleship gray

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The battleship USS Wisconsin

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #848482
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[14]

The normalized color coordinates for battleship gray are identical to old silver, first recorded as a color name in English in 1905.[15]

### Charcoal

Charcoal

File:Charcoal lump.jpg

Charcoal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #36454F
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[16]

### French gray

French gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #BEBFC5
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light bluish gray

French gray is an off-gray color that traditionally has a slightly cooler, more blue tone than simple gray.

### Gunmetal

Gunmetal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #2A3439
Source| Encycolorpedia
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Blackish green

Gunmetal, also called gunmetal gray, is a shade of gray that has a bluish purple tinge.[17] It describes the color of several metals used in industrial applications, such as tarnished gunmetal, or parkerized steel.

Alpha Industries ® CWU-Bomberjacket CWU 45(N) in gunmetal gray

### Lead gray

Lead Gray

Oxidized lead nodules and a high purity lead cube

Common connotations
Lead, Black tin
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #7D7D7C
Source| Dulux Trade[18]

Lead gray is a shade of gray resembling the color of a lead nodule. This color is widely used as a wall paint color.[19]

### Platinum

Main article: Platinum (color)

Platinum

Platinum crystals

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E5E4E2
Source| Maerz and Paul[20][21]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[22]

### Stone gray

Stone gray

File:Frameless frameless

Indian 500 rupee note, obverse and reverse

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #928E85
Source| List of RAL colors
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light grayish olive

Stone gray[23] is a color represented in the list of RAL classic colors from RAL color standard. This is the main color on the Indian 500-rupee note.

### Taupe gray

Taupe Gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #8B8589
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Medium gray

Displayed adjacent is the color taupe gray.

### Xanadu

Xanadu

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #738678
Source| Xona.com color list, in turn from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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.[24] The color ultimately comes from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List.[25]

### Zinc gray

Zinc Gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #655B55
Source| List of RAL colors
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Reddish gray

Zinc gray[26] is a color represented in the list of RAL Design System Plus colors from RAL color standard. This is the color zinc tarnishes into as it oxidizes.

### Zircon gray

Zircon Gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #807473
Source| List of RAL colors
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Reddish gray

Zircon gray[27] is a color represented in the list of RAL Design System Plus colors from RAL color standard. This is one of several possible colors for zircon.

## Cool grays

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

### Blue-gray

Blue-gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #6699CC
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light blue

Main article: Blue-gray

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

### Cadet

Cadet

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #536872
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue

The first recorded use of cadet as a color name in English was in 1915.[28]

### Cadet gray

Cadet gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #91A3B0
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue

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.[29]

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).[30]

### Cool gray

Cool gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #9090C0
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| 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: http://tx4.us/nbs/nbs-g.htm[Usurped!]—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"[31] The phrase cool grey as applied to San Francisco refers to the frequent fogs from the Pacific Ocean that envelop the city.

### Feldgrau

Feldgrau

Feldgrau of the Wehrmacht (Stalingrad 1942)

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #4D5D53
Source| [Unsourced]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark grayish green

Main article: Feldgrau

Feldgrau (German for "field gray") is a green-gray color that was the official basic color of military uniforms of the German armed forces from 1907 until 1945 for West Germany or 1989 for East Germany.

### Glaucous

Glaucous

Glaucous gull

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #6082B6
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate blue

Main article: 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).

### Gray-green

Gray-green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #5E716A
Source| ISCC-NBS[32]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish green

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

### Marengo

Marengo

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #4C5866
Source| [33][34]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue

Main article: Marengo (color)

Marengo is a shade of gray (black with gray tinge) or blue colors.[35][36] Sometimes the color is described as the color of a wet asphalt.

### Nardo gray

Nardo gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #686a6c
Source| [Unsourced]

Nardo gray is a color chosen by Audi in 2013 for their new RS7.[37] Since featuring this color, many other vehicle companies copied their lead and introduced a similar color availability for their cars and SUVs.[38]

The color code is Y7C.[39]

### Slate gray

Slate gray

Samples of slate

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #708090
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue

Main article: 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.[40]

## Warm grays

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.

### Cinereous

Cinereous

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #98817B
Source| Maerz and Paul[41]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light grayish brown

Main article: 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.[42]

### Greige

Greige

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #B0A999
Source| ColorXS[43]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish Brown
Some shades of Greige
Light Greige|

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.[44]

### Rose quartz

Rose quartz

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #AA98A9
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale purple

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.[45]

Rose quartz crystals on muscovite

### Taupe

Taupe

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #483C32
Source| ISCC-NBS[Usurped!]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark grayish yellowish brown

Main article: 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.[46]

## See also

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

## References

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3. ↑ "What Color is Gainsboro? Meaning, Code & Combinations" (in en). https://piktochart.com/tips/what-color-is-gainsboro#:~:text=The color Gainsboro is a,sophisticated atmosphere in living spaces..
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13. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 189; Color Sample of Ash grey: p. 77 Plate 27 Color Sample A2
14. ↑ Thornton Kay "Shining ore, blotters, black lead and battleship grey". SalvoNEWS.
15. ↑ 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
16. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 192; color sample: p. 117, plate 47 Color Sample A2 – Charcoal
17. ↑ "Definition: Gunmetal". Dictionary.com. http://www.dictionary.com/browse/gunmetal.
18. ↑ "Lead Grey - Cool Neutral - Find products in this colour | Dulux_Trade". https://www.duluxtradepaintexpert.co.uk/en/colours/lead-grey-1780015.
19. ↑ "Cool color schemes – 8 interior palette ideas for a tranquil and serene space" (in en). 2022-06-07. https://www.livingetc.com/ideas/cool-color-schemes.
20. ↑ Maerz and Paul
21. ↑ 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.
22. ↑ 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
23. ↑ Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #928E85:. encycolorpedia.com. Retrieved on 2018-12-27.
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29. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Cadet Grey: p. 95 Plate 36 Color Sample C4
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38. ↑ TouchUpDirect What is Nardo Gray?, July 11, 2022
39. ↑ Porsche Club of America Nardo grey
40. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Slate Gray: p. 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A2
41. ↑ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Color Sample of Cinereous: p. 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3
42. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 193; Color Sample of Cinereous: p. 93 Plate 35 Color Sample A3
43. ↑ "About Greige - Color codes and meaning | Matching colors and paints - colorxs.com" (in en-US). https://www.colorxs.com/color/greige.
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45. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Rose Quartz: p. 129 Plate 53 Color Sample B3
46. ↑ Maerz and Paul, p. 205; Discussion of Color Taupe, p. 183; Color Sample of Taupe: p. 55 Plate 16 Color Sample A6

## Bibliography

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

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Color dimensions|

* Hue
* Dichromatism
* Colorfulness (chroma and saturation)
* Tints and shades
* Lightness (tone and value)
* Grayscale

Color
organizations|

* Pantone
* Color Marketing Group
* The Color Association of the United States
* International Colour Authority
* International Commission on Illumination (CIE)
* International Color Consortium
* International Colour Association

Lists|

* A–F
* G–M
* N–Z
* List of colors (compact)
* List of colors by shade
* List of color palettes
* List of color spaces
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* history
* Color chart
* List of fictional colors
* List of RAL colors
* List of web colors

Related|

* Vision
* Image processing
* Multi-primary color display
* Quattron
* Qualia
* Lighting
* Local color (visual art)

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Color classifications

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Color systems,
standards and palettes|

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* Crayons
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* Federal Standard 595
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* Pantone
* RAL
* list
* Web colors
* X11

Color names (alphabetic)|

* A–F
* G–M
* N–Z
* List of colors (compact)

Variations of base colors|

| Shades of white
| Shades of gray
| Shades of black

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Shades of red
| Shades of green
| Shades of blue

Shades of cyan
| Shades of magenta
| Shades of yellow

Shades of pink
| Shades of violet
| Shades of purple

Shades of orange
| Shades of brown

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