Shades of gray

metallic color tone resembling gray that is a representation of the color of polished silver

thumb|Malva sylvestris|Mallow wildflower

thumb|upright=1.2| , a wash painting using bistre pigment by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)

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tincture of black in heraldry

light shade of purple

thumb|Threshold increment versus background luminance for various target diameters (in arcmin). Data from tables 4 and 8 of Blackwell (1946), plotted in Crumey (2014). The flat curves at low light indicate Eigengrau. thumb|An example of noise observed in the dark thumb|Another example of noise observed in the dark Eigengrau (German for 'intrinsic gray'; ), also called Eigenlicht (Dutch and German for 'intrinsic light'), dark light, or brain gray, is the uniform dark gray background color that many people report seeing in the absence of visible light.

Ecru ( , or ) is a grayish yellow or cream colour. It initially indicated the colour of unbleached linen (approximately , and some English dictionaries still define it this way. However, over the years, it has also come to be used for a much darker color.

thumb|260px|Feldgrau of the Wehrmacht ([[Stalingrad 1942)]] thumb|100px|Service dress in Hellgrau (German Bundeswehr) Feldgrau (English: field-grey) is a green–grey color. It was the official basic color of military uniforms of the German armed forces from the early 20th century until 1945 (West Germany) or 1989 (East Germany). Armed forces of other countries also used various shades of that color. Feldgrau was used to refer to the color of uniforms of the armies of Germany, first the Imperial German Army and later the Heer (ground forces) of the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht.

Glaucous (, ) is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green 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).

Taupe ( ) is a dark gray-brown color. The word derives from the French noun taupe meaning "mole". The name originally referred only to the average color of the French mole, but beginning in the 1940s, its usage expanded to encompass a wider range of shades.

color

grey color with a slight azure tinge

reflectance reference used in photography

light metallic color

Blue-gray (also blue-grey in British English) is a medium blue-gray color on the cool side of the color wheel. The name blue-gray was introduced by Crayola for a crayon color used from 1958 to 1990. The complementary color is #CC9966, a warm khaki or brown.

thumb|150px|Cendrée colours thumb|Arms of the House of Lilburn: Cendree, three fusils argent. In heraldry, cendrée is a tincture, the grey of ashes (), iron, and stone walls.

range of color shades

shade of grey

dark blue-grey colour used in painting

blue-greyish shade

variation of the color grey

black ink mixed with other colors for a darker tone