grey

INTRODUCTION
INTERMEDIATE COLOR BETWEEN BLACK
AND GREY
NEUTRAL OR ACHROMATIC COLOR(COLOR
LACKING HUE)
Associated with conformity, boredom,
uncertainity, old age, indifference,
modesty
Monochrome/black-and-white/greyscaleImages only of black, white and greys
CLOUD COVERED SKY, ASH, LEAD

COLOR IN HISTORY
First recorded use of grey as a color ad
700
Antiquity through middle ages
COLOR OF UNDYED WOOL
WORN BY PEASANTS AND POOR
USED BY MONKS FRANCISCAN MONKS
GREY FRIARS

 The reniassance and the baroque

fashion and art
harmonious with black popular nobility
drawing of oil paintings grisaile
good background color for gold and skin
tones
highlight in paintings
artists : rembrandt van rijn
el greco

18th and 19th centuries :

18th century :
fashionable color mens and women
nobility and wealth
men - replaced the colorful clothing - grey suits
women working women grey clothes grissettes
military uniforms
Mid 19th century :
artists different tones of grey paintings
green-grey, blue-grey - harmony
effect on music

 20th and 21st centuries :

1930 symbol of industrialization and war
pablo picasso main color paintings
grey bussiness suit metaphor - uniformity of
thought
grey concrete popular building material
modern
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architecture
21st century:
style changed-grey-monotonous and without
character.

Color in culture
Religion
-Christianity:grey-ashes-biblicalsymbol
ofmourningandrepentance
-fastingandprayer
-humility and modesty-Franciscan monks
-Buddhist monks and priests-sleeved grey,
brown or black outer robe.

 Politics
-rarely used by political parties-association
with conformity, boredom and indecision.
-The grey power/grey vote-influence of
older voters as a voting bloc.
-Greys-environmentalists -green
movement- describe those who oppose
environmental measures

 Clothing
-bright colors disappeared-replaced by grey suits
-1950s-1960s age of glory for the grey suit
-Grey uniforms-army
Folklore
-associated goblins, elves-egendary mischievous
creatures.
-Scandinavian folklore gnomes and nisser-grey
cloths
Sports
-Grey-typical -roaduniforms.

 Ethics
-grey -to describe situations with no clear moral
value
-Eg: shades of grey represent magnitudes of good
and bad
Parapsychology
-Those suffering from mental illness of depression
have grey auras.
Gay culture
-gay slang-grey queen-gay person-works for the
financial services industry

Characteristic features
Formal-Calm - Subtle elegance less conservative
Too much grey predominant boring environment
Gray-black dress-for home
Chameleon-suits every room, every mood, every setting.
color psychology-represents peace and balance-calm and
safe.
Ipractical, simple, reliable.
Classic-perfect neutral.
perfect backdrop to any style-from classic to modern to
contemporary.

 Furniture looks good-with grey and colors-pinks,

blues, purples, and citrus-with grey
Perceived-color of intellect, knowledge, and
wisdom.
long-lasting, classic, sleek/refined.
dignified, conservative, carries authority.
gives a sense of belonging, inclusion, acceptance

Metallic silver grey color cool and frosty

-- neutral charming
-- festive room decorations

Associations and symbolism

Conformity
No personality of its own-it adapts to any color.
Looks-dark or light-depending on the color next
to it.
Boredom
boredom, solitude and emptiness.
associated with rainy days and winter.
Reflection and uncertainty
positive associations-mental power and
reflection-with the brain.
Grey and blue-positive association of reflection
grey area-uncertainty-law/policy-lack of clarity.

Shadows and secrecy

An eminence grise-in politics-controls and manipulates people
in power without his role being known to public.
Old age
elderly and old age-association with grey hair
symbolizes the wisdom and dignity-with experience and age.
Poverty and modesty
Modesty-color of undyed wool-worn by peasants and the poor
color of the clothing of Jesus Christ
color worn by monks of the Cistercian and Franciscan orders.
associated with fairy tales

typologies
1)Achromatic grays
Achromatic grays are colors in which the
rgb (red, green, and blue) values are
exactly equal
Different types are :
a)Gainsboro
Gainsborois a pale tone
of gray.

b)Davy's gray
Spanish gray
Davy's grayis a dark
graycolor, made from
powderedslate,iron oxide
andcarbon black

c)

d) Dark medium gray

Silver
(dark gray (X11))

e)

Light gray
(X11))

Medium gray (gray

2)Off-grays
very close to achromatic grays-red, green,
and blue color
values are not exactly
equal.
Different types are:
a)Platinum
b)Ash
gray

3)Warm grays
noticeablybrownish,pinkishgrays, or
reddishpurplegrays.
a)Puce
b)Rose quartz

4)Cool grays
noticeablyblueishgray, grayish
cyan,greenishgray, orvioletishgray.
a)Cadet gray
b)Blue-gray

noticeably grayish-brown or brownish-gray

a)Cinereous
b)Taupe

interiors
Dining rooms
Mysterious atmosphere
Enjoy the meal food centre stage
-emphasize
look and taste of food
with proper table setting unique
stylish and elegant
Bedrooms
Soft and tender light grey with pink -

 Black and grey for baby rooms

design
- reduces positive emotional
development
- too powerful and
pessimistic

applications
Web colors
several tones of grey available-HTML and Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS) as named colors
254 true greys-available by specification of a hex triplet for the RGB
value(unsaturated tones of grey)
there are two grey tones in the midpoint in the 8-bit greyscale.
Gray-lighter of the two shades
televisions, computer displays, telephones uses the RGB color model
Red + green + blue = white (full intensity-black screen)
Lowering intensity gives shades of grey
Printing uses the CMYK color model, using cyan, magenta, yellow and
black.
Black + white = grey
Cyan + magenta + yellow = grey (mixed in equal amounts)

Special topics
grey color clouds darkest during thunderstorms
thicker - darker
stratiform clouds layer of clouds covers the
enitire sky
clouds : from ground gloomy and grey
from above perfect white
Greying of hair
The hair, absence of melamine pigment-hair turns grey and white.Grey
pigments
Traditionally-created grey-simply combining black and white.
lead white and either carbon black or ivory black along with either blues or reds to
cool or warm the grey.
19th century, a new grey- Payne's grey-dark blue-grey, a mixture of ultramarine and
black/Sienna

Animal color
common color-animals, birds and fish-from whales to
mice.
It provides a natural camouflage - allows them to blend
with their surroundings.
Grey noise
sound engineering - grey noise random noise
Grey matter of the brain
The substance that composes the brain - referred to as
grey matter/the little grey cells.
associated with things intellectual.
Nanotechnology and grey goo
Grey goo - a hypothetical end-of-the-world
scenario/ecophagy

Combination with other

colors
Grey=black+white - varied proportions
varied shades of grey
+red/yellow/orange = warm grey
+blue/violet/green = cool grey
Whwn no color is added neutral grey/
achromatic grey
Mixing two complimentary colors = grey
Eg: orange + blue = grey

Warm grey

cool grey

 grey with pink modern and pleasant

with classic black and white
decorating detais
- comfortable romantic
combination
- soft and light with white
and black
- with dark grey elegant sophistication
- feminine pink with
masculine grey light interiors
- both genders

 grey with white clean and

refreshing appearanc
grey with yelow seems depressing
with brown
furnitures
Grey and blue-positive association of
reflection
grey white and blue put togetherassociated with science