What is the correct way to spell gray or grey?

Question

Explain please.

I live in the USA

Answer 1

Depends on which side of the Atlantic you're on.
Grey is the British spelling, Gray is the American spelling.

Answer 2

They are both the same. Grey is a variant of Gray in the adjective since but not in the nounse sense as listed below:

Definitions of 'gray' - 11 definitions - The American Heritage® Dictionary

gray (adj.) Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
gray (n.) An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
gray (n.) The SI unit for the energy absorbed from ionizing radiation, equal to one joule per kilogram.

grey (grā)
adjective noun verb
Variant of gray1

Answer 3

Depends if you are American or not

Gray is the American spelling, Grey the rest of the world

Best way I ever saw it explained was

GRAY is a COLOR
GREY is a COLOUR

Answer 4

Grey or Gray (see spelling differences) is the color between white and black. It is a color seen commonly in nature. In pigment, or subtractive color (CMYK), it is created by adding black. In light, or additive color (RGB), it is created by adding equal amounts of R, G, and B, 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 kelvins of a black body radiator), the human eye can interpret the same object as either grey or some other color, with colder light adding a yellow-orange hue and warmer light adding a blue hue.

Two colors are called complementary colors 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. On a more abstract level, it could be argued that colors which produce grey when mixed, such as black and white, are the opposite of grey while separated. However, this could not be considered the literal opposite of grey.

Answer 5

If you want to say the color (gris, en espanol) it is gray

Grey is another color that is between white and black, (looks close to silver)

the difference is that grey is a lighter color than the color gray.

Answer 6

gray is the u.s. spelling of grey

Answer 7

no this one is easy... grEy is a color
grAy is a mood or a way to describe a tought or feeling. trust me. and grAy or grEy is a name. i know one of each!!

Answer 8

gray1 /greɪ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[grey] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation adjective, -er, -est, noun, verb
–adjective 1. of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
2. dark, dismal, or gloomy: gray skies.
3. dull, dreary, or monotonous.
4. having gray hair; gray-headed.
5. pertaining to old age; mature.
6. Informal. pertaining to, involving, or composed of older persons: gray households.
7. old or ancient.
8. indeterminate and intermediate in character: The tax audit concentrated on deductions in the gray area between purely personal and purely business expenses.
–noun 9. any achromatic color; any color with zero chroma, intermediate between white and black.
10. something of this color.
11. gray material or clothing: to dress in gray.
12. an unbleached and undyed condition.
13. (often initial capital letter) a member of the Confederate army in the American Civil War or the army itself. Compare blue (def. 5).
14. a horse of a gray color.
15. a horse that appears white but is not an albino.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) 16. to make or become gray.
used interchangably with gray

gray 1 also grey (grā) Pronunciation Key
adj. gray·er also grey·er, gray·est also grey·est

Of or relating to an achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.

Dull or dark: a gray, rainy afternoon.
Lacking in cheer; gloomy: a gray mood.
Having gray hair; hoary.
Old or venerable.

Having gray hair; hoary.
Old or venerable.
Intermediate in character or position, as with regard to a subjective matter: the gray area between their differing opinions on the film's morality.

n.
An achromatic color of any lightness between the extremes of black and white.
An object or animal of the color gray.
often Gray
A member of the Confederate Army in the Civil War.
The Confederate Army.

Answer 9

in the UK..

Gray...is a name. as in David Gray.

the colour is grey..as in..this wall is grey.


cheesy examples. but i think its the other way around in the US.

Answer 10

I like Grey so I use it.