ash gray

pale gray resembling the color of ashes.

Also called ash color.

Origin of ash gray

First recorded in 1790–1800

In a few days the town of Brussels swarmed with ash-gray garments, such as were usually worn by mendicant friars and penitents.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1-20 |Various
His hair is flaxen, falling into the ash-gray or darker; fine copious flowing hair, while he wore it natural.

History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Volume IV. (of XXI.) |Thomas Carlyle
The oxide is of an ash-gray colour, and is obtained by precipitation with an alkali from the solution of the muriate or nitrate.

A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines |Andrew Ure
Here and there were patches of vivid green bilberry, silvery spagnum, or ash-gray burnt fibre.

Mrs. Severn, Vol. 1 (of 3) |Mary Elizabeth Carter

Trees or shrubs three to ten feet high, with ash-gray bark and branchlets occasionally spinescent.

The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits |Mary Elizabeth Parsons