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Besides, the gray is a very light shade, and I dare say it will look like a bluish white. "

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  1. adjective Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
  2. adjective Dull or dark: a gray, rainy afternoon.
  3. adjective Lacking in cheer; gloomy: a gray mood.
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  • It reminded me a little bit of the mess on Enceladus, black overlaying dark gray, rather than white, but you could see the gray was the real “bedrock” here Once we'd gotten away from the immediate area of the spacecraft, going further into the tarry black surface associated with B, Minnie and Willy moved closer together, and began hooking up cables. —  Asimov'sSF,April-May2007
  • Having looked at a lot of their styles, the gray was a real stand out! —  Zappos.com: new styles
  • Most of the upper wing coverts are blue-gray, the secondaries form an iridescent green speculum, and the underwing is whitish.
  • (Showing the envelope the trend should fall within naturally) It would be very interesting to me to see the same graphs you provided with the natural expectation for the gray area. —  RealClimate
  • The vehicle is described as a gray, regular cab pickup 2000 Chevrolet Silverado with North Carolina License Plates PVV 4692. —  News for WNCT
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  1. Middle English grei, from Old English grǣg.
  2. After Louis Harold Gray (1905-1965), British radiobiologist.
 

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