Is the color between black and white spelled g-r-e-y or g-r-a-y?

Question

I've been wondering for a long time. If the answer is just 'whichever you want', which one looks nicer?

Answer 1

Ok, it's the same difference that runs between pyjamas and pajamas---- the former is the British English spelling, the latter American English.

So you would spell it g-r-e-y if you were from the UK or Canada, Australia.....etc, and g-r-a-y if you were American.

Answer 2

The Oxford Dictionary gives both grey and gray as correct. I use grey when I refer to color and gray when I refer to a situation like mood or personality or even something which is unclear or murky or shady - like when you say - it falls in the gray area. Does this explanation look 'nice'?

Answer 3

According to Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, grey is a variation of gray. I just looked. :)

Answer 4

Technically it can be spelled either way. I say it is GRAY. I think it looks horriable when someone spells it as grey but that is just me.

Answer 5

Technically, it could be either. In England, it's typically G-R-E-Y, and in America, most spell-checkers and sticklers for the dialect will insist upon G-R-A-Y. I happen to think that the word looks better with an "e", but to please Microsoft Word and my composition teacher, I use the "a".

Answer 6

Grey or gray; the latter is more usually used in American English...

Answer 7

i think grey when describing a color like a shirt or house but when I see gray.....i think of gray hair. what a great question !

Answer 8

It also depends on where you live, in Australia we spell it grey.

Answer 9

grey is correct if u r nt sure check in the dictionary

Answer 10

The dictionary says either is acceptable.