steel gray
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- noun
- /stiːl ɡreɪ/
- US
:
gris acero
- He was easily six and a half feet tall, with steel-gray hair and hard eyes.
- steel gray hair
- steel gray eyes
- steel gray sky
Examples
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The day's steel gray, high overcast, no shadows; the trollers were moseying around on the water, their poles down.
Fiction book (1997) -
Guy Banister is a sturdy, imposing ex-FBI agent in his 60s, with steel gray hair, blue eyes, and a ruddy complexion from heavy drinking.
Fiction book (1991) -
"She noticed that his eyes were the color of the sea during a storm, a bleak, steel gray."
Fiction book (1997) -
Beyond the cliffs, the sea was choppy and steel gray.
Fiction book (1999) -
Robert Muldoon was a big man, fifty years old, with a steel-gray mustache and deep blue eyes.
Fiction book (1990) -
He had on steel-gray creased trousers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Above us, a steel-gray thunderhead boiled up out of nowhere, and I ran for the Venture to escape a drenching.
Fiction book (1999) -
Steel gray hair, pink complexion, rimless glasses, benign expression, trim body, looking his age, which was fifty-two.
Fiction book (1992) -
Close to retirement, Betty had steel-gray hair, strong features, and hazel eyes that could be unreadable or shyly sensitive depending on whether you took the trouble to get to know her.
Fiction book (1990) -
The car was painted a stunning steel gray that glimmered in the sunlight.
Synonyms
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A very deep grey color that reflects little light
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A dark gray color with a blue metallic shine
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A dark blue-gray color like a wet stone or a storm sky
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A blue color with a grey tone like a metal plate
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A very dark gray like the color of charcoal
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A grey color with a touch of blue
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A grey color that looks shiny like silver
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A dark grey color like iron
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A blue color like the sky when clouds make it less bright
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A light gray color that looks like shiny silver
A dark color with a little purple or blue used in painting
A dark grey color with a slight blue or purple tone
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a gray resembling the color of steel' is directly derivable from combining 'steel' (the metal) with 'gray' (a colour): the noun modifies the shade of gray. This modifier+noun color formation is a common, compositional pattern in English (and other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Steel gray comes from the look of the metal steel, which often appears a cold, dark gray with a little blue shine. That's why steel gray is used today to mean a slightly bluish dark gray 'color'.