Shades of gray

Variations of the color gray

This article is about variations of the color gray. For other uses, see Shades of gray (disambiguation).

For the 2011 novel, see Fifty Shades of Grey. For its 2015 film adaptation, see Fifty Shades of Grey (film). For the novel series, see Fifty Shades (novel series).

Gray/Grey

Common connotations
pessimism, depression, boredom, neutrality, undefinedness, old age, contentment and elegance
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #808080
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (128, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 50%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (54, 0, 0°)
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

## Chart of computer web color grays

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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.

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
dimgray  |  |  | #696969
lightslategray  |  |  | #778899
slategray  |  |  | #708090
darkslategray  |  |  | #2F4F4F

## White and black

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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

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Main article: White

White

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #FFFFFF
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (255, 255, 255)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 100%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (100, 0, 0°)
Source| By definition
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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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.

### Gray

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Gray/Grey

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #808080
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (128, 128, 128)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 50%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (54, 0, 0°)
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Medium gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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]

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]

### Gainsboro

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Gainsboro

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #DCDCDC
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (220, 220, 220)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 86%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (88, 0, 0°)
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Greenish gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Silver

Silver ingots

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #C0C0C0
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (192, 192, 192)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (78, 0, 0°)
Source| HTML/CSS[1]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Medium gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #BEBEBE
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (190, 190, 190)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (77, 0, 0°)
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Spanish gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #989898
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (152, 152, 152)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (63, 0, 0°)
Source| Gallego and Sanz[9]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Medium gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Davy's gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #555555
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (85, 85, 85)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 33%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (36, 0, 0°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

The first recorded use of Davy's gray as a color name in English was around 1940.[12][13]

### Tundora

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Tundora

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #404040
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (64, 64, 64)
HSV (h, s, v)| (0°, 0%, 25%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (27, 0, 0°)
Source| The Color API[14]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

## Off-grays

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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.

### Xanadu

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Xanadu

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #738678
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (115, 134, 120)
HSV (h, s, v)| (136°, 14%, 53%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (54, 13, 138°)
Source| Xona.com color list, in turn from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Displayed in the adjacent image is the color xanadu.

The color "xanadu" is a greenish-gray color whose name is derived from the Philodendron.[15] The color ultimately comes from the 2001 Resene RGB Values List.[16]

### Platinum

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Main article: Platinum (color)

Platinum

Platinum crystals

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #E5E4E2
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (229, 228, 226)
HSV (h, s, v)| (40°, 1%, 90%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (91, 2, 68°)
Source| Maerz and Paul[17][18]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Yellowish white
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[19]

### Ash gray

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Ash gray

Wood ash from a campfire

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #B2BEB5
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (178, 190, 181)
HSV (h, s, v)| (135°, 6%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (76, 8, 138°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[20]

### Battleship gray

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

Battleship gray

The battleship USS Wisconsin

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #848482
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (132, 132, 130)
HSV (h, s, v)| (60°, 2%, 52%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (55, 2, 86°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Medium gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[21]

The normalized color coordinates for battleship gray are identical to old silver, first recorded as a color name in English in 1905.[22]

### Gunmetal

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Gunmetal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #2A3439
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (42, 52, 57)
HSV (h, s, v)| (200°, 26%, 22%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (21, 6, 224°)
Source| Encycolorpedia
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Blackish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Gunmetal is a shade of gray that has a bluish purple tinge.[23] 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

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Lead Gray

Oxidized lead nodules and a high purity lead cube

Common connotations
Lead, Black tin
Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #7D7D7C
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (125, 125, 124)
HSV (h, s, v)| (60°, 1%, 49%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (52, 1, 86°)
Source| Dulux Trade[24]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Lead gray is a shade of gray resembling the color of a lead nodule. This color is widely used as a wall paint color.[25]

### Charcoal

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Charcoal

Charcoal

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #36454F
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (54, 69, 79)
HSV (h, s, v)| (204°, 32%, 31%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (28, 12, 231°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[26]

### Stone gray

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Stone gray

Indian 500 rupee note, obverse and reverse

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #928E85
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (146, 142, 133)
HSV (h, s, v)| (42°, 9%, 57%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (59, 8, 69°)
Source| List of RAL colors
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light grayish olive
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Stone gray[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.

## Cool grays

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

### Cool gray

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Cool gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #9090C0
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (144, 144, 192)
HSV (h, s, v)| (240°, 25%, 75%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (61, 40, 266°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light purplish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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"[28] The phrase cool grey as applied to San Francisco refers to the frequent fogs from the Pacific Ocean that envelop the city.

### Cadet gray

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Cadet gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #91A3B0
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (145, 163, 176)
HSV (h, s, v)| (205°, 18%, 69%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (66, 16, 231°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Main article: 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.[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]

### Blue-gray

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Blue-gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #6699CC
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (102, 153, 204)
HSV (h, s, v)| (210°, 50%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (62, 54, 244°)
Source| Crayola
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Main article: Blue-gray

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

### Glaucous

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Glaucous

Glaucous gull

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #6082B6
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (96, 130, 182)
HSV (h, s, v)| (216°, 47%, 71%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (54, 51, 250°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Moderate blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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).

### Slate gray

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Slate gray

Samples of slate

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #708090
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (112, 128, 144)
HSV (h, s, v)| (210°, 22%, 56%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (53, 17, 239°)
Source| X11
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[31]

### Gray-green

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Gray-green

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #5E716A
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (94, 113, 106)
HSV (h, s, v)| (158°, 17%, 44%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (46, 10, 161°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[32]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish green
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

### Marengo

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Marengo

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #4C5866
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (76, 88, 102)
HSV (h, s, v)| (212°, 25%, 40%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (37, 14, 242°)
Source| [33][34]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Grayish blue
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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

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Nardo gray

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #686a6c
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (104, 106, 108)
HSV (h, s, v)| (210°, 4%, 42%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (45, 2, 236°)
Source| [Unsourced]
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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]

## Warm grays

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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.

### Rose quartz

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Rose quartz

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #AA98A9
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (170, 152, 169)
HSV (h, s, v)| (303°, 11%, 67%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (65, 14, 310°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Pale purple
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

Main article: Rose (color) § Rose quartz

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.[40]

Rose quartz crystals on muscovite

### Cinereous

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Cinereous

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #98817B
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (152, 129, 123)
HSV (h, s, v)| (12°, 19%, 60%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (56, 16, 27°)
Source| Maerz and Paul[41]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Light grayish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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]

### Taupe

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Taupe

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #483C32
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (72, 60, 50)
HSV (h, s, v)| (27°, 31%, 28%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (26, 11, 47°)
Source| ISCC-NBS[usurped]
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Dark grayish yellowish brown
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.[43]

### Greige

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Greige

Color coordinates
Hex triplet| #CCC2BA
sRGBB (r, g, b)| (204, 194, 186)
HSV (h, s, v)| (27°, 9%, 80%)
CIELChuv (L, C, h)| (79, 10, 49°)
Source| TheColorsMeaning
ISCC–NBS descriptor| Reddish Gray
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte)

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.

## See also

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

## References

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2. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 196
3. ^ "What Color is Gainsboro? Meaning, Code & Combinations". piktochart.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
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6. ^ "others/raveling.txt". X colorname to RGB mapping database. X.Org Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
7. ^ "others/README". X colorname to RGB mapping database. X.Org Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
8. ^ Gildea, Stephen (13 May 1991). "change grey from 192 to 190 so less likely to be mapped to white on a 2-bit StaticGray visual". X consortium. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
9. ^ Gallego, 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
10. ^ Paterson, Ian (2003), A Dictionary of Colour (1st paperback ed.), London: Thorogood (published 2004), p. 134, ISBN 1-85418-375-3, OCLC 60411025
11. ^ Eastaugh, Nicholas; Walsh, Valentine; Chaplin, Tracey; Siddall, Ruth (2004), Pigment Compendium: A Dictionary of Historical Pigments, Butterworth-Heinemann, p. 139, ISBN 978-0-7506-5749-5, OCLC 56444720
12. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 194; Color Sample of Davy's Grey: p. 117 Plate 47 Color Sample A4
13. ^ "Google Ngram Viewer: Davy's gray". books.google.com.
14. ^ "Tundora". The Color API. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
15. ^ "11 Colors You've Probably Never Heard Of". mentalfloss.com. 13 October 2015.
16. ^ "Color List". Xona Games. 27 July 2023.
17. ^ Maerz and Paul
18. ^ 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.
19. ^ 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
20. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 189; Color Sample of Ash grey: p. 77 Plate 27 Color Sample A2
21. ^ Thornton Kay "Shining ore, blotters, black lead and battleship grey". Archived 25 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine SalvoNEWS.
22. ^ 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
23. ^ "Definition: Gunmetal". Dictionary.com. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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25. ^ Oonagh Turner (7 June 2022). "Cool color schemes – 8 interior palette ideas for a tranquil and serene space". livingetc.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
26. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 192; color sample: p. 117, plate 47 Color Sample A2 – Charcoal
27. ^ Color Conversion Tool set to hex code #928E85:. encycolorpedia.com. Retrieved on 2018-12-27.
28. ^ "The Cool, Grey City of Love" by George Sterling: Archived 3 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Alangullette.com (11 December 1920). Retrieved on 2013-03-21.
29. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 191; Color Sample of Cadet Grey: p. 95 Plate 36 Color Sample C4
30. ^ "Cadets, U.S. Military Academy, 1816–1817," Military Uniforms in America, Vol II, Years of Growth 1796–1851, Company of Military Historians, 1977
31. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 204; Color Sample of Slate Gray: p. 51 Plate 14 Color Sample A2
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33. ^ "#4c5866 (Маренго)" (in Russian). colors.aeio.ru. Archived from the original on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
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37. ^ "Nardo Grey Wrap". Metro Restyling.
38. ^ TouchUpDirect What is Nardo Gray?, July 11, 2022
39. ^ Porsche Club of America Nardo grey
40. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 203; Color Sample of Rose Quartz: p. 129 Plate 53 Color Sample B3
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. ^ Maerz and Paul, p. 205; Discussion of Color Taupe, p. 183; Color Sample of Taupe: p. 55 Plate 16 Color Sample A6

## Bibliography

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

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Oatmeal| Old lavender| Payne's gray| Pink lavender| Platinum| Purple mountain majesty| Quick Silver| Rose quartz| Silver| Slate gray
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Taupe gray| Timberwolf| White| White smoke
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Shades of black

| Bistre| Black| Black bean| Black Coral Pearl| Black olive| Black Shadows| Charcoal| Charleston green| Cool black| Davy's gray

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Dim gray| Ebony| Eerie black| Eggplant| Gray| Jet| Jungle green| Licorice| Midnight blue| Midnight blue (Crayola)
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Milky way| Olive| Onyx| Outer space| Raisin black| Rich black| Russian violet| Smoky black| Super black| Taupe
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Shades of lavender

| #7F7FBF| African Violet| Amethyst| Amethyst (Crayola)| Blue Bell| Cameo Pink| Cool grey| Cotton candy| English lavender| Fairy Tale

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Glossy grape| Heliotrope| Heliotrope gray| Heliotrope Magenta| Lavender (Crayola (I))| Languid lavender| Lavender blush| Lavender burst| Lavender (floral)| Lavender Glitter
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Lavender gray| Lavender mist| Lavender pink| Lavender silk| Light hot pink| Maximum Blue Purple| Medium purple| Middle Blue Purple| Mimi pink| Nadeshiko pink
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Old Heliotrope| Old lavender| Orchid pink| Pale lavender| Pale purple| Periwinkle| Periwinkle (Crayola)| Pink lavender| Pink lace| Pink luster
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Plum (web)| Purple mountain majesty| Purple Mountains' Majesty| Rhythm| Shampoo| Soap| Tropical indigo| Twilight lavender| Violet (web color)| Wisteria
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Color topics

Color science|

| Color physics|

* Electromagnetic spectrum
* Light
* Rainbow
* Visible
* Spectral colors
* Chromophore
* Structural coloration
* Animal coloration
* Color of chemicals
* Water
* Spectral power distribution
* Colorimetry

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Color perception|

* Chromesthesia
* Sonochromatism
* Color blindness
* Achromatopsia
* Dichromacy
* Color calibration
* Color constancy
* Color task
* Color code
* Color temperature
* Color vision test
* Evolution of color vision
* Impossible colors
* Metamerism
* Opponent process
* Afterimage
* Unique hues
* Tetrachromacy
* The dress

Color psychology|

* Color symbolism
* Color preferences
* Lüscher color test
* Kruithof curve
* Political color
* National colors
* Chromophobia
* Chromotherapy

Color reproduction|

* Color photography
* Color balance
* Color cast
* Digital image processing
* Color management
* Color printing
* Multi-primary color display
* Quattron
* Color model
* additive
* RGB
* subtractive
* CMYK
* Color space
* Color mapping

Color
philosophy|

| Color scheme|

* Color tool
* Monochromatic colors
* Black-and-white
* Grisaille
* Complementary colors
* Analogous colors
* Achromatic colors (Neutral)
* Polychromatic colors
* Light-on-dark
* Web colors
* Tinctures in heraldry

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Color theory|

* Color mixing
* Primary color
* Secondary color
* Chromaticity
* Color solid
* Color wheel
* Color triangle
* Color analysis (fashion)
* Color realism (art style)
* On Vision and Colours (Schopenhauer)
* Theory of Colours (Goethe)

Color terms|

| Basic English terms|

* Red
* Orange
* Yellow
* Green
* Blue
* Purple
* Pink
* Brown
* White
* Gray
* Black

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Cultural differences|

* Linguistic relativity and the color naming debate
* Blue–green distinction in language
* Color history
* Black-and-white dualism
* Blue in culture
* Color in Chinese culture
* Traditional colors of Japan
* Human skin color

Color dimensions|

* Hue
* Dichromatism
* Colorfulness
* Pastel colors
* Luminance
* Lightness
* Darkness
* Brightness
* Iridescence
* Fluorescence
* Grayscale
* Tint, shade and tone

Color
organizations|

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

Names|

| Lists|

* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: 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 RAL colors
* List of web colors

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Shades of:|

* Red
* Orange
* Yellow
* Green
* Cyan
* Blue
* Violet
* Purple
* Magenta
* Pink
* Brown
* White
* Gray
* Black

Related|

* Vision
* Contrast
* Qualia
* Lighting

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* Index

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Color classifications

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Color systems,
standards and palettes|

* ANPA
* Color charts
* Color palettes (computer graphics)
* Colour Index International (CI list of dyes)
* Crayola
* Crayons
* DIC
* Federal Standard 595
* HKS
* ISCC–NBS
* Munsell
* NCS
* Ostwald
* Pantone
* RAL
* list
* Web colors
* X11

Color names (alphabetic)|

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

Variations of base colors|

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| Shades of yellow
| Shades of green
| Shades of cyan
| Shades of blue
| Shades of magenta

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Shades of orange
| Shades of chartreuse
| Shades of spring green
| Shades of azure
| Shades of violet
| Shades of rose

Shades of brown
| Shades of purple
| Shades of pink
| Shades of white
| Shades of gray
| Shades of black

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