Slate Gray

Slate gray is a gray color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate. As a tertiary color, slate (sometimes called olive) is an equal mix of purple and green pigments.

The first recorded use of slate gray as a color name in English was in 1705.


Read more about Slate Gray:  Slate Gray in Human Culture

Famous quotes containing the word gray:

    No rival will steal away my sure love; that glory will be my gray hair.
    Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)