16 Facts About Grey

Grey or gray is an intermediate color between black and white.

Grey is the dominant spelling in European and Commonwealth English, while gray has been the preferred spelling in American English; both spellings are valid in both varieties of English.

Grey was frequently used for the drawing of oil paintings, a technique called grisaille.

Grey was a particularly good background color for gold and for skin tones.

Grey became a highly fashionable color in the 18th century, both for women's dresses and for men's waistcoats and coats.

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Grey became a common color for military uniforms; in an age of rifles with longer range, soldiers in grey were less visible as targets than those in blue or red.

Grey was the color of the uniforms of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, and of the Prussian Army for active service wear from 1910 onwards.

Grey is produced either by using black and white, or by combining equal amounts of cyan, magenta, and yellow.

Grey is a very common color for animals, birds, and fish, ranging in size from whales to mice.

Grey goo is a hypothetical end-of-the-world scenario, known as ecophagy: out-of-control self-replicating nanobots consume all living matter on Earth while building more of themselves.

Grey cassocks are worn by clergy of the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.

Grey is rarely used as a color by political parties, largely because of its common association with conformity, boredom and indecision.

Grey closely followed the design of contemporary French and Austrian military uniforms.

Grey was not chosen for its camouflage value; this benefit was not appreciated for several more decades.

Grey is the color most commonly associated in many cultures with the elderly and old age, because of the association with grey hair; it symbolizes the wisdom and dignity that come with experience and age.

Grey is the color most often associated in Europe and America with modesty.