silver gray
- noun
- US
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- The walls of the room were painted a soft silver gray, creating a calm and serene atmosphere.
Examples
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His hair had turned a distinguished silver gray after many years of experiences and wisdom.
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And it has that silver grey back up the leaf.
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There is a big silver-grey painting, or perhaps a piece of metal, that could be mistaken for a carpet covering the back wall.
Blog text (25) -
A village of some four score homes, a house of worship at each end, one newly painted, the other weathered silver gray, here a clapboard shop no bigger than four privies, there a one-room school, this island one mile wide and only twice as long.
Fiction book (1997) -
She chose a silver gray dress for the evening gala, which complemented her elegant style.
Synonyms
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A light gray color with a shiny metal look
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A pale grey color with a soft, shiny look
A very pale gray color like the powder left after a fire
A very light grey that looks almost white
How Silvery
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a light shade of grey resembling the color of silver' is directly derivable from combining 'silver' (a pale gray hue with metallic sheen) with 'gray' (a shade between black and white); the phrase simply specifies a gray that has silver-like qualities. This is a standard, compositional color-modifier construction found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Silver gray comes from comparing a soft, light grey to the shine of the metal silver, with gray simply naming the color. So, silver gray means 'a light shade of grey that looks like silver'.