Slate gray is a

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

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tinge that is a representation of the average color of the material

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. As a tertiary color, 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. __TOC__

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

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s are often colored various shades of slate gray. * The

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and the iPad Mini 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 NYCS-bull-trans-S

* The S

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service bullet, used in three out of the system's services, is colored slate gray.

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Tertiary colors Shades of gray {{color-stub

Variations

Light slate gray

Dark slate gray

In human culture

See also

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