Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of a clear cool pale-gray color, resembling that of the pearl.
  • noun A clear pale bluish-gray color.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pearl-gray.

Examples

  • At the designer's shop in lower Manhattan, a pearl-gray dinner jacket with grosgrain lapels is draped snugly over a rumpled silk vest and a wing-collar shirt made of beefy cotton piqué.

    Ode to Handsome Darrell Hartman 2012

  • See further: snowfall, a small cabin with fireplace, burning, the curl of smoke pearl-gray against the whiter sky, a history book, the end of time.

    The light that draws the flower James Greer 2011

  • A light fall, only: soft whiteness drifting from a pearl-gray sky.

    THE RIVER KINGS’ ROAD Liane Merciel 2010

  • But he was even more surprised to find a beautiful pearl-gray Armani suit hung up there as well.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • He was dressed in a sombre yet rich style, in black frock-coat, shining hat, neat brown gaiters, and well-cut pearl-gray trousers.

    Sole Music 2010

  • He was a thick-bodied man who wore blue suits, a pearl-gray Stetson, and a fat watch in his vest pocket.

    The Convict and Other Stories James Lee Burke 2010

  • But he was even more surprised to find a beautiful pearl-gray Armani suit hung up there as well.

    In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010

  • Kevin is dressed in an immaculate white dress shirt, with pearl-gray slacks.

    Zebratown Greg Donaldson 2010

  • With a closet full of Akris, she has worn a summer pearl-gray jacket and black skirt with a scalloped hem to meetings in the Middle East and has worn a tomato-red Akris coat for five seasons.

    Selling $4,000 Jackets in a Slowdown 2008

  • A pearl-gray dress with crimson trimmings, made with a long waist, modestly outlined the bust and covered the shoulders, still rather thin, with a chemisette which left nothing to view but the first curves of the throat where it joined the shoulders.

    Modeste Mignon 2007

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.