grey

Also known as color gray, gray color, grey color, gray

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Color.title: Grey
Color.spelling: color
Color.hex: 808080
Color.source: HTML/CSS
Color.caption: Clockwise, from top left: a longhaired cat; ''Whistler's Mother'' by James McNeill Whistler; volcanic eruption; Buddhist monks; grey eye
Color.cmyk: (0, 0, 0, 50)

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Image: Color icon gray.svg

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Commons category: Gray
sRGB color hex triplet: 808080
CSS color keyword: gray
P8168: Æthelweard
OpenStreetMap tag: colour=gray

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Contents

Etymology
In history and art
Antiquity through the Middle Ages
Renaissance and the Baroque
Eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Twentieth and twenty-first centuries
In the sciences, nature, and technology
Storm clouds
The greying of hair
Optics
Web colors
Pigments
Animal color
Grey matter of the brain
Nanotechnology and grey goo
Grey noise
In culture
Religion
Politics
Military
The grey suit
Sports
Gay culture
Associations and symbolism
See also
References
Bibliography

Grey or gray is an intermediate color between black and white though it is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a rain or storm cloud, of ash, and of lead.

The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in 700 CE. Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, while gray is more common in American English; however, both spellings are valid in both varieties of English.