The Sentinella Axarquia November 2012

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Grey is a timeless, practical and solid colour. It’s a longstanding favourite suit colour, as it can mix well with any colour. Although well liked and often worn, people rarely name grey as a favourite colour, possibly because it’s also associated with loss or depression. It is the colour of intellect, knowledge, and wisdom. It is perceived as long-lasting, classic, and often as sleek or refined. It is a colour that is dignified, conservative and carries authority. Grey is controlled and inconspicuous and is considered a colour of compromise, perhaps because it sits between the extremes of black and white.

Grey is the colour for Lent in Christianity, and also representative of mourning and repentance. The Confederate Army wore grey uniforms during the Civil War. The New York Times is sometimes called “Grey Lady." Grey is associated with intellect and the brain is composed of “grey matter." The human eye can distinguish about 500 shades of grey. A grey mood is an unhappy mood. If you buy a grey or silver vehicle, it is said to mean you are elegant, love futuristic looks and that you’re “cool.” And let’s not forget the man himself Christian “Mr Grey” from the world famous Trilogy 50 Shades..


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