Is it Gray or Grey?

Question

Because I always spell it with grey, is that the wrong way? Isn't Grey the color?

Answer 1

Grey is the English and original spelling
Gray is the Americanised "spell it as it sounds" spelling

Same with;-

Colour - English
Color - American

Answer 2

Gray and Grey are spelling difference between American and British English ^_^

American and British English spelling differences are one aspect of American and British English differences. In the early 18th century, English spelling was not standardised. Different standards became noticeable after the publishing of influential dictionaries. Current British English spellings follow, for the most part, those of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755). Many of the now characteristic American English spellings were introduced, although often not created, by Noah Webster (An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).

Grey became the established British spelling in the 20th century, pace Dr. Johnson and others, and is but a minor variant in American English. Some American writers tend to assign wistful, positive connotations to grey, as in "a grey fog hung over the skyline", whereas gray often carries connotations of drabness, "a gray, gloomy day."

Answer 3

Gray is the color, GOSH!!!! The other grey is like in Grey's Anatomy.

Answer 4

Gray is how Americans spell it.
Grey is how everyone else spells it.

Answer 5

it's gray because grey means a British stateman

Answer 6

It can be both ways, only Grey is in Old English.

Answer 7

It's either way I think, I've always spelled it grey though.

Answer 8

grey is the color

Answer 9

I'd say it was the color GRAY, but then the dog is a greyhound (or maybe it's the bus line). I'm confused now.

Answer 10

Grey is just a variant spelling of gray...
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences#Miscellaneous_spelling_differences