iron gray

American  

noun

1. a medium shade of gray, like that of freshly broken iron.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• iron-gray
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of iron gray

before 1000; Middle English iren grei, Old English īsengrǣg

Example Sentences

With short-cropped iron gray hair and an earnest, slightly distracted manner, Waschbusch came across as surprisingly cheerful — though he was also vigilant.

From New York Times • May 17, 2012

Above him the sky was iron gray, featureless and flat as a mirror.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman

Thunderheads rolled in, painted the sky iron gray.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

The color scheme is cinder block and corrugated iron, gray and dark gray, punctuated by bright splashes of color.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

And on they walked, trudging in silence under a sky that had finally darkened to a dull iron gray and remained there without getting any darker.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman