slate gray

[sleyt grey]

noun

1. a dull, dark, bluish gray, the color of slate.

Other Word Forms

• slate-gray adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of slate gray¹

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

“Among the Planets” is a flat plane of slate gray color interrupted by large, grayish-brown arcs at top and bottom.

From Los Angeles Times

The color palette recalled a rainy day on the highlands: moss, brown, slate gray and maroon, cornflower blue, mustard.

From Seattle Times

The plants had grown in the windows, and one of the black cats had had a litter, and the wallpaper had changed from slate gray to haint blue.

From Literature

When the moment arrived around midday, the expectant swarm of visitors on the town’s beach watched as bands of palest aquamarine and deep slate gray passed across the sea.

From New York Times

It was a collage of painted planks representing every shade of Southern California weather, cloudy white and misty blue next to rainy-day slate gray and the deep cerulean of midsummer.

From Los Angeles Times