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Grey or '''gray''' (see Spelling Differences ) is a Color between White and Black . It is a color seen commonly in nature and fashion. In pigment,it is created by mixing Complementary Color s (that is colors directly opposite on the color wheel, e.g. yellow and violet). In light, or Additive Color , it is created by adding equal amounts of red light, green light, and blue light,(RGB) with R,G,B greater than 0% and less than 100% (greater than 0 and less than 255, in the 8-bit notation commonly used in computing). Depending on the Color Temperature of the light (measured in Kelvin s of a Black Body radiator), the human Eye can interpret the same object as either grey or some other color, with light of a colder color temperature adding a yellow-orange hue and light of a warmer color temperature adding a blue hue. GREY IN COLOR THEORY Most grey pigments have a cool or warm cast to them, as the human eye can also detect even a minute amount of saturation. Yellow, orange and red will create a "warm grey". Green, blue, or purple, will create a "cool grey". {Link without Title} When no cast at all, it is referred to as "neutral grey" or simply "grey". Two colors are called Complementary Color s if grey is produced when two colors are combined. Grey is its own complement. Consequently, grey remains grey when its color spectrum is inverted, and therefore has no opposite, or alternately is its own opposite. Artists sometimes use the two different spellings to distinguish between strict combinations of black and white versus combinations that do have elements of hue. WEB COLORS There are several shades of grey available for use with ). Note that the three "slategray" colors are not themselves on the greyscale, but are slightly Saturated towards Cyan (green + blue).
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