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steel grey

British  

noun

    1. a dark grey colour, usually slightly purple

    2. ( as adjective )

      a steel-grey suit

"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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There were long-out-of-date policies, receipts, family photographs, work mementos and then, undetected at the back of one of the steel grey drawers, was a brown envelope marked 'Everton: Season Ticket Sales'.

From BBC Jan. 20, 2026

Her vision for the Glasgow 2026 tartan features blue, pink and purple tones against a steel grey base inspired by the city's shipbuilding heritage.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2025

But it has a nice design, all black except for a steel grey pad where the button is, and its curved edges provide a different look than the other HomeKit doorbells.

From The Verge Feb. 9, 2022

As admiring eyes turned towards Wilder – dressed down for the occasion in a steel grey gilet – and Palace went increasingly, despairingly, direct, Hodgson wore a look of utter bewilderment.

From The Guardian Aug. 18, 2019

Then turning his steel grey eyes on the boys he smiled faintly.

From Dave Dawson at Dunkirk by Bowen, Robert Sydney

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