Shades of gray
Variations of gray or grey include achromatic grayscale shades, which lie exactly between white and black, and nearby colors with low colorfulness. A selection of a number of these various colors is shown below.
Read on WikipediaPale, neutral, not quite white, not quite grey, just in between.
Greyish is a light grey.
It can be described as light, pale and neutral.
Set in black, because black reads best on it.
Variations of gray or grey include achromatic grayscale shades, which lie exactly between white and black, and nearby colors with low colorfulness. A selection of a number of these various colors is shown below.
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