Gray (?), a. [Compar. Grayer (&?;); superl. Grayest.] [OE. gray, grey,
AS. grg, grg; akin to D. graauw, OHG. gro, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. grÂ,
Icel. grr.] [Written also grey.] 1. White mixed with black, as the
color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age;
sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
These gray and dun colors may be also produced by mixing whites and
blacks.
Sir I. Newton.