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iron grey

British  

noun

    1. a neutral or dark grey colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      iron-grey hair

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A large military band in iron grey overcoats, red berets and golden tassles strikes up the Fledermaus Quadrille by Johann Strauss.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2014

You see that man with the iron grey hair and iron jaw�rather a fine figure �that is Senator Jim Reed, a Democrat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Tall, lean, athletic, with neatly combed iron grey hair and blue eyes, he makes a good impression when he addresses the House.

From Time Magazine Archive

The heavy sense of menace is reinforced by John Bury's fine sets�bare and iron grey, with great metallic walls that open or shut to enlarge or enclose the action.

From Time Magazine Archive

What I was chained to, and how heavily, became intelligible to me, as I heard his hoarse voice, and sat looking up at his furrowed bald head with its iron grey hair at the sides.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens