French grey

noun

A pale dove grey.

First used 16th c.

Meanings

nounFrench grey (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA pale dove grey.First known use 16th c.

    The door was French grey outside with raised metal lettering, as clean and sharp as a new knife.

    1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 130
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