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Slate gray is a
* The exterior shells of supercomputers are often colored various shades of slate gray.
* The iPhone 5 and the 
* The S New York City Subway service bullet, used in three out of the system's services, is colored slate gray.
gray
Grey (more common in British English) or gray (more common in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning literally that it is "without color", because it can be composed o ...
color with a slight azure tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material slate. As a tertiary color
A tertiary color or intermediate color is a color made by mixing full saturation of one primary color with half saturation of another primary color and none of a third primary color, in a given color space such as RGB, CMYK (more modern) or RYB ...
, slate is an equal mix of purple and green pigments.
Slaty, referring to this color, is often used to describe birds.
The first recorded use of ''slate gray'' as a color name in English was in 1705.
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Variations
Light slate gray
Displayed at right is the web color light slate gray.Dark slate gray
Displayed at right is the web color dark slate gray.In human culture
Computers
* The exterior shells of supercomputers are often colored various shades of slate gray.
* The iPhone 5 and the iPad Mini
The iPad Mini (branded and marketed as iPad mini) is a line of mini tablet computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. It is a sub-series of the iPad line of tablets, with screen sizes of 7.9 inches and 8.3 inches. The first- ...
comes in a Dark slate gray colored aluminum body contrasted with black.
* Western Electric used the term SLATE for the color instead of gray in their 25-pair (and multiples) cable for pairs 5-10-15-20-25.
Transportation
* The S New York City Subway service bullet, used in three out of the system's services, is colored slate gray.
See also
*List of colors
These are the lists of colors;
* List of colors: A–F
* List of colors: G–M
* List of colors: N–Z
* List of colors (compact)
* List of colors by shade
* List of color palettes
* List of Crayola crayon colors
* List of RAL colors
* List of X ...
References
Tertiary colors Shades of gray {{color-stub