Definition of "steel gray" [steel gray]

• A dark to purplish gray. (noun)

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• "While he packs the steel gray doe and the Chinchilla buck for transport, I slip out to the truck and return with Doe #1."
• "The canvas was colored a subdued blue with a steel gray fringe on the valances."