COTD: Grey
May 5, 2015
Is it spelled with an "a" or an "e"? Answer: Both! Plain old "grey" (I prefer
it spelled with an "e") is a nice color. The hex value is #808080
. It is a
nice simple half-intensity color across the board.
From Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O'Neill, behold a poem about grey:
Gray is the color of an elephant and a mouse
and a falling apart house.
it's fog and smog, fine print and lint,
it's a hush and the bubbling of oatmeal mush.
Tiredness and oysters, both are gray,
smoke swirls and grandmother curls.
So are some spring coats and nannygoats.
Eagles are gray and a rainy day
the sad look of a slum and chewing gum
Wood ash and linen crash.
Pussywillows are gray in a velvety way.
Suits, shoes and bad news,
beggars' hats and alley cats,
Skin of a mole and a worn slipper sole.
Content is gray and sleepiness, too
they wear gray suede gloves
when they're touching you...
The part I like about that poem is tiredness and sleepiness are grey. That grey meets halfway. I am amused by that state of being in between sleep and awake, where weird thoughts occur.
#808080
is my favorite grey.
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