adjective / noun / verb
gray
GRAY/ɡreɪ/
A color between black and white.
The middle bowl is gray between the black and white bowls.
Etymology
Old English græg already named this color, so the modern sense preserves an inherited color term rather than a later metaphor. Connections beyond its Germanic relatives are uncertain.
In context
infuse more old black brown and turn the actual white more gray that that has a natural sense of age to it
More examples
- Her hair grayed with age.
- The sky has grayed since morning.
- Several grays appeared on the palette.
Forms
gray · grays · grayed · graying · grayer · grayest
grayish adjective — Somewhat gray.
Similar words
- ashen
- A pale gray, often used of complexion.
- slate
- A darker gray shade, sometimes slightly blue.