silver grey

Lustrous pale shade

Silver grey is a pale, cool grey with a subtle metallic quality, like polished silver or pewter.

The colour suggests refinement and age—silver grey hair, a silver grey silk tie.

It falls between pure grey and silver, warmer than steel grey but cooler than ash.

Also spelled silver gray.

Related
  • pewterTin-based tableware alloy
  • ashCombustion's powdery remains
  • slateFissile metamorphic rock
  • metallicResembling ore-based elements
  • steelCarbon-hardened iron alloy

brushed metal · overcast · storm clouds · dove · platinum · mist · fog · cloudy · smoke · mercury · brushed · tarnished · tin roof · moonlight · frost · chrome · iron · leaden

Categories
Opposites
color temperature

silver greyamber

Hardened ancient tree secretion

copper · burnt orange · terracotta · bronze · honey

luminosity/brightness

silver greybright orange

Intense warm hue

electric blue · hot pink · neon yellow · neon green · canary yellow

metallic association

silver greygold

Element seventy-nine

golden · bronze · copper · brass · rose gold

Family

silver, grey, silvery, silvered, silvers, silvering, silversmith, silverware, greys

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G