slate gray

American  

[sleyt grey] / ˈsleɪt ˈgreɪ /

noun

1. a dull, dark, bluish gray, the color of slate.

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Other Word Forms

• slate-gray adjective

Etymology

Origin of slate gray

First recorded in 1785–95

Example Sentences

The color palette recalled a rainy day on the highlands: moss, brown, slate gray and maroon, cornflower blue, mustard.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 13, 2024

It was a collage of painted planks representing every shade of Southern California weather, cloudy white and misty blue next to rainy-day slate gray and the deep cerulean of midsummer.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

The object of her attention, strutting past on a cold fall day, had white feathers on her head and a blanket of slate gray covering her body.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2022

Ominous slate gray clouds began filling the sky as I drove from D.C. to Boonsboro, Md., on a Friday afternoon.

From Washington Post • May 27, 2021

The water was all slate gray on the surface and I couldn't tell if it was twenty feet deep or two.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos