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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

He affected pearl grey spats, plastered-down hair and cake-eater sideburns.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harry Truman, his pearl grey Stetson conspicuous among the diplomatic Homburgs, was on hand at Washington's National Airport 22 minutes before Attlee arrived.

From Time Magazine Archive

The carpet is of a slender trellis design with bluish pink roses trailing over a pearl grey ground and forms a perfect foil to the splendid furniture.

From Marvels of Modern Science by Severing, Paul

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