steel grey

noun

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

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Example sentences from the Web for steel grey

His quick dark face worked, his steel-grey eyes stared as though he were again passing through all these long-past emotions.
Villa Rubein and Other Stories|John Galsworthy
The sea went down somewhat, and no longer broke so menacingly, while it changed its colour from dirty green to steel-grey.
Dick Leslie's Luck|Harry Collingwood
Edith's steel-grey eyes were fixed on him, coldly compelling.
Orientations|William Somerset Maugham
And then he looked at John, as John had seen him look at Lawrence, with the same flare of recognition in the steel-grey eyes.
The Hill|Horace Annesley Vachell

It was all cold colour, and the steel-grey floor of the lagoon was stroked the wrong way by the wind.
Italian Hours|Henry James

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