gray-black
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- adjective
- /ɡreɪ blæk/
- US
:
gris oscuro
- A faint flash washed across the gray-black clouds, and it was several seconds before a quiet rumble reached them.
- gray-black clouds
- gray-black hair
Examples
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Only once did he lift his head, to the sight of two gray-black pigeons flapping through the harbor sky.
Fiction book (2000) -
On the main display, I could see only a swirling gray-black blur occasionally pulsed white by flickering electric bolts.
Fiction book (1999) -
Ignoring their complaints, I place my forehead against the gray-black material, and nothing happens.
Fiction book (2000) -
Sheena could see a grainy, gray-black ground.
Fiction book (2000) -
Overhead, the sky boils into gray-black curves and shapes men name cat or dragon.
Fiction book (1991) -
The closest sheet of new bone is gray-black and brittle; its corner shattering with a touch of my gloved hand.
Fiction book (2000) -
Clouds draped most of the stars in thin gray-black silk, but there was enough light to discern three riders on dun-colored horses approaching from the south.
Fiction book (1992) -
The setup was hardly spectacular looking: five gray-black multi-shelf racks, each about six feet high, half that in width and depth, all interconnected by sagging ropes of cable.
Fiction book (1997) -
Its sun-bright windscreen hurt Pandora's eyes, in contrast to the rest of it, which was constructed of some anonymous-looking gray-black metal that blended into the asphalt runway.
Fiction book (2001) -
As the storm rolled in, the sky turned a deep shade of gray-black, signaling heavy rain ahead.
Synonyms
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1.0
A very deep grey color that reflects little light
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1.1
A little dark in color, like very dark grey
A very dark color that looks like black with a little grey
Very dark black with a slight bluish grey tint
A dark gray color that looks almost black
Very dark gray like the color of burned wood
Antonyms
How Gray
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gray-black is made from the two simple words gray and black, and it means 'black with a touch of gray'. A helpful image is mixing a little gray paint into black paint to make a softer, not fully dark shade, which is why gray-black describes that colour.