pearl gray

noun

1. a very pale bluish gray.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pearl gray¹

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Certain pearl-gray days in summer, or autumn afternoons under enormous Poussin skies, convince me I belong here.

From The Daily Beast

The wind-blown rain-makers lost their leaden hue and became a soft pearl-gray, all fleecy white around the edges.

From Project Gutenberg

She was in pearl gray, no powder, no mustache, slim as a reed.

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My days slip by like pearl-gray beads on a rosary, Michael Daragh.

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The narrow, long fingers were pearl-gray, tipped with whitish-pink claws that curved out over the tips.

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Miss Sallie was resplendent in a pearl gray broadcloth and a hat of violet orchids.

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