grayish

[ grey-ish ]

/ ˈgreɪ ɪʃ /

having a tinge of gray; slightly gray: The sky was full of dark, grayish clouds.

similar to gray: a grayish color; a grayish purple.

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Also especially British, grey·ish .

First recorded in 1555–65; gray¹ + -ish¹

The public observers were overwhelmingly male, most of them in jeans and grayish blazers.
Norway Puts Hate on Trial, With Anders Behring Breivik’s Ugly Beliefs|Asne Seierstad|April 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The specific name griseus means gray, and probably has reference to the grayish color of the winter plumage.
Birds and Nature Vol. 9 No. 2 [February 1901]|Various
There is a grayish or brown dark stripe from the nostril to the eye; the stripe continues to the groin.
A Distributional Study of the Amphibians of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico|William E. Duellman
Far and wide the sea of verdure rolls around us, broken only by ridges of grayish rock and scarped cliffs of reddish basalt.
Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land|Henry Van Dyke

Counter now was dust; ticket-man only a crumble of fine, grayish powder.
Darkness and Dawn|George Allan England
He's a tall, stoop-shouldered gent, with a grayish mustache and a good deal of gold watch chain looped across his vest.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford