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charcoal grey

British  

noun

    1. a very dark grey colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      charcoal-grey trousers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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One 62-year-old man in a charcoal grey tracksuit fled with his wife.

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2023

The suit was charcoal grey, skinny and sharp, a contrast to the full kit he wore while doing keepy-uppies after signing on at the Bernabéu.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 2018

Here, open drains with charcoal grey soupy filth line the roadsides and one has to be careful not to step into the excrement lying about.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2014

Coleen Rooney, Scouse royalty these days, was presenting the prizes, in a relatively sober charcoal grey number, as befits her position.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2010

After a great deal of pinning and measuring, Bailey ends up with a nicer suit than he has ever owned in his life, nicer even than his father’s best suit, in a charcoal grey.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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