ash gray

Pale charcoal shade

Ash gray is a pale, muted gray with cool undertones, resembling the color of wood ash or cinders.

The shade suggests something subdued or lifeless: ash gray skies, an ash gray complexion.

Also spelled ash grey.

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cinders · soot · mist · stone · ghostly · graphite · transience · mourning · dust · silver · pale · faded photograph · muted · weathered · morning after · dull · somber · concrete jungle

Categories
Opposites
color temperature

ash graywarm beige

Yellowish-tan hue

golden brown · burnt orange · amber · rust · honey

chromatic saturation

ash graybright red

Intense scarlet hue

electric blue · hot pink · neon yellow · fuchsia · scarlet

value/lightness

ash graypure white

Entirely without color

jet black · coal black · pitch black · ivory · charcoal

Family

gray, ash, ashes, grey, ashen, grayish, ashy, grayness, greyness

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Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G