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pearl grey

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noun

    1. a light bluish-grey colour

    2. ( as adjective )

      pearl-grey shoes

"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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Colors: pebbled leather is black, blue, blush, burgundy, ecru, jade, navy/black, olive, pearl grey, pistachio, red, soft rose, or stone; shimmer leather is champagne.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2018

Further south, in Oslo, night is merely an afterthought in the pearl grey lingering of the day.

From Salon Jul. 27, 2011

Then, fraternizing their classical strides, the students adopted as the official uniform of the Experimental College a blue blazer with pearl grey trimming and with emblem of sacred Athenian owl.

From Time Magazine Archive

President of the Republic Vincent Auriol sat pleasantly and peacefully in his box, a study in pearl grey.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sea, pearl grey, lay like mist on the horizon, and its voice was gentle and tired, as though it were slowly dying into sleep.

From The Wooden Horse by Sir Hugh Walpole

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