Grey

:This article is about the colour. For other meanings of "gray" or "grey", see Grey (disambiguation).

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Grey or gray (the latter more usually in American English) is a colour seen commonly in nature. It is created by mixing white and black in different proportions. Depending on the amount of light, the human eye can interpret the same object as either grey or some other colour.

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Two colours are called complementary colours if grey is produced when lights of the two colours are combined. The psychological primary colours are:

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• Black and White
• Blue and Yellow
• Red and Green

Other sets of complementary colours include:

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• Orange and Sea blue
• Lime and Purple

Grey is its own complement. In an afterimage, which can be seen after seeing the picture for about 30 seconds, the colours will switch to their complements.

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American English: American English (AmE) is the form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. It is the primary language used in the United States. As of 2005, more than two-thirds of native speakers of English use various forms of American English. American English is also sometimes calle...

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White: White is a color (more accurately it contains all the colors of the visible spectrum and is sometimes described as an achromatic color—black is the absence of color) that has high brightness but zero hue. The impression of white light can be created by mixing (via a process called "additive mi...




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