Ash gray
pale gray resembling the color of ashes.
Historical Examples
ash gray is given for 30 pounds of woollen stuff, by one pound of gall-nuts, 1⁄2 lib.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure
These flies are of an ash gray color, with the head silvery, and a rusty black stripe between the eyes, forked at its hind end.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various
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