Alternative spellings

• gray (US)

Adjective

grey (comparative more grey, superlative most grey)

Positive grey

Comparative more grey

Superlative most grey

1. Having a grey colour, as the ash of an ember.
2. dreary, gloomy
3. Having an indistinct or disputed quality

Verb

Infinitive to grey

Third person singular greys

Simple past greyed

Past participle greyed

Present participle greying

to grey (third-person singular simple present greys, present participle greying, simple past and past participle greyed)

1. To become grey or cause to become grey.

   My hair is beginning to grey.

Grey (outside the U.S. and some parts of the U.S.) or gray (some U.S. only – see spelling differences) describes the tints and shades ranging from black to white. These, including white and black, are known as achromatic colors or neutral colors. These "new" neutrals have low colorfulness and/or chroma on the color wheel.

Greys are seen commonly in nature and fashion. Grey paints are created by mixing complementary colors (that is colors directly opposite on the color wheel, e.g. yellow and violet). In the RGB color model used by computer displays, it is created by mixing equal amounts of red, green, and blue light. Images which consist wholly of neutral colors are called monochrome, black-and-white or greyscale.

The first recorded use of grey as a color name in the English language was in AD 700.