Color Names

Academy Grey

Grey worn smooth, like stone steps to a venerable old school.

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Academy Grey is a cool grey.

It can be described as cool, muted, greyish and dusty.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Academy Grey

Academy

An academy is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded c. 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and skill, north of Athens, Greece. The Royal Spanish Academy defines an academy as a scientific, literary or artistic society established with public authority and as a teaching establishment, public or private, of a professional, artistic, technical or simply practical nature.

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Grey

Grey or gray is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a rain or storm cloud, of ash, and of lead.

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academy

Noun

  1. An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
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grey

Adjective

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
  2. Synonym of coloured (pertaining to the mixed race of black and white).

Verb

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of gray.
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