In Sweden we use the word ”grey”about things old, dull and dark. A grey day, a grey future, everything looks grey, an old and grey lady or gentleman.
But, the colour grey is just as much a perfect contrasting colour…
as a beautiful colour in its own right. Not only ”only”…
What do you associate the colour grey with in your country?
Leya 
great photos, so happy to have come upon your site!
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Thank you so much, Rosalina!
To me grey is the backdrop that lets all others before it shine.
Well said – that is the way it is.
grey usually is clouds with looming rain! great pictures of grey! 🙂
Yes, it is – clouds and rain here too. 😀
Grey is clouds and rain….!!
😀
I associate that colour with the grey nights. That are the nights in summer which are not dark enough to observe the stars and planets. I work in a observatory 😉
You do! Interesting. I have never thought of those nights as grey. Do you really work in an observatory? Fascinating. Then you must have great views of comets and such phenomena ordinary people would love to take a closer look at.
Wonderful shots Ann !
I don’t love so much grey colors… here, in the north of Italy, it’s synonimous of fog… 😦
Ciao ciao
Max
Fog? Here as well!
Den grå vardagen!
Sometimes we jokingly refer to our cat as “Eminence Grise” because he’s so grey (as we spell it here).
När vi adopterade McDuff, bodde vi i fransktalande Quebec. I pappren som kom med katten stod det ”chat gris”, vilket såg roligt ut för mig som svensk. Jag sa till min man ”har vi köpt grisen i säcken?” LOL
Haha, precis. Språk är mycket intressant och får oss att söka jämförelser och betydelser bakåt. Vi hittar släktskap ord emellan och förstår att vi/allt hänger ihop.
Kul att Du skulle säga det, just, precis NU, när jag just suttit och läst (om) John Donne’s “No man is and island” 🙂
London is a gray town. I love how they often use red. red busses, red phone booths, etc. Gray makes the red pop.
So true. A well matched combo
Grey economy. Grey eminence (”uncle in the background”). Grey heads. Grey clouds in grey sky. Mostly not good. I love your photos, a good contrast! Except little grey cells. We love those. 🙂
Haha…good mentioning the little grey cells, Manja! Thank you. I wonder why they are not renamed in local languages…
In Slovenian they are called ”male sive celice”. There is even a quiz show for primary schools with this title.
I think it is supposed to be poor manners to promote ones own blog in a comment according to blog protocol , but I did a post on my city Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and the entire poem is about Gray( as we spell it)
And you will see by the photo why I was inspired to write about this color. I love your post and question about grey. https://rutheh.com/2010/03/14/3-swollen-rivers-pittsburgh-skyline/
Thank you Ruth! And I do not think it poor manners when people give a link to the question asked. How would we manage to go on with the conversation if no one contributed? Thank you so much! It seems we have about the same thinking here and there…
Awww thanks Leya. It was good to be reminded of my ”gray post”and your post definitely did start a thoughtful conversation.