steel grey

noun

1. a dark grey colour, usually slightly purple
2. ( as adjective )
  a steel-grey suit

His quick dark face worked, his steel-grey eyes stared as though he were again passing through all these long-past emotions.

But after one glance Joan looked steadily away across the steel-grey sea.

The colour is steel-grey, and the lustre metallic; hardness 2, specific gravity 6.2.

Fahlerz (flerts), or grey copper ore, is of a steel-grey or iron-black colour.

Close by, to the left, Waterloo Bridge loomed up, dark and massive against the steel-grey sky.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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