Gray

Gray, also spelled grey, is the color of black and white mixed together. 

Gray is the color of an elephant, cement, pencil writing, and rain clouds. Gray often looks like someone made black lighter, but not so light that it is white.

Gray color represents neutrality, ambiguity and balance. When it is not clear whether something is legal or illegal, acceptable or not acceptable, it is said it is in a "gray zone". 

The first recorded use of gray as a color name in English was in 700.  Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 196 

 Meaning of gray 

 The color gray represents pessimism; its opposite, optimism, is represented by the color rose. It also represents metal.

 Shades of gray color comparison chart 

The chart below shows those shades of gray that are major web colors.

HTML Color NameSampleHex triplet (rendered by name) (rendered by hex triplet) gainsboro #DCDCDC lightgray #D3D3D3 silver #C0C0C0 darkgray #A9A9A9 gray #808080 dimgray #696969 lightslategray #778899 slategray #708090 darkslategray #2F4F4F

 Tones of gray color comparison chart 
 White Smoke (Hex: F5F5F5) (RGB: 245, 245, 245)
 Platinum (Hex: E5E4E2) (RGB: 229, 228, 226)
 Timberwolf (Hex: DBD7D2) (RGB: 219, 215, 210)
 Silver (Light gray) (Hex: C0C0C0) (RGB: 192, 192, 192)
 Gray (X11 Gray) (Hex: BEBEBE) (RGB: 190, 190, 190)
 Gray (Hex: 808080) (RGB 128, 128, 128)
 Gunmetal (Hex: #2A3439) (RGB: 42, 52, 57)
 Jet (Hex: #343434) (RGB: 52, 52, 52)

310pxWarm grayCool grayMixed with 6% yellow.Mixed with 6% blue.

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 List of colors

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