So grey is the British spelling and gray is the American spelling… apparently… (I learned this a long time ago and don’t actually know if that’s true or not)
@ginaknick Think about what you just said for a moment: Gray has a blue pigment, and you associate it with rain clouds which are made up of water; water does indeed have a color, and it is blue. Grey has a green pigment, and you associate it with concrete, which is made from dirt, and various carbons; carbon is rather green, and though dirt appears mostly brown, it is also slightly green. That does make sense.
@@matthewk7507 do you have a source for the color theory though? i always thought it was just the british vs american spelling and can’t find anything that says otherwise
@ginaknick That was just my memory from what a painter I was dating told me a while back. I suggest searching Gray vs Grey Color as search criteria to see what I see on Google, which there are some examples of it. There are some that also say what you mentioned as well, which could be the origin of the difference, but I think it became a pigment difference later.
I remember looking at a grey crayon, reading all the nearly identical spellings, and getting really confused. Just went with the one I thought looked better. You can tell which one that was.
So grey is the British spelling and gray is the American spelling… apparently… (I learned this a long time ago and don’t actually know if that’s true or not)
It can be spelled both ways. Gray or Grey refers to what color is used as a pigment, specifically Blue or Green.
@ginaknick Think about what you just said for a moment: Gray has a blue pigment, and you associate it with rain clouds which are made up of water; water does indeed have a color, and it is blue. Grey has a green pigment, and you associate it with concrete, which is made from dirt, and various carbons; carbon is rather green, and though dirt appears mostly brown, it is also slightly green. That does make sense.
@@matthewk7507 do you have a source for the color theory though? i always thought it was just the british vs american spelling and can’t find anything that says otherwise
@ginaknick That was just my memory from what a painter I was dating told me a while back. I suggest searching Gray vs Grey Color as search criteria to see what I see on Google, which there are some examples of it. There are some that also say what you mentioned as well, which could be the origin of the difference, but I think it became a pigment difference later.
I remember looking at a grey crayon, reading all the nearly identical spellings, and getting really confused. Just went with the one I thought looked better. You can tell which one that was.
Haha Crayons are a good way to learn proper spelling..I didn't even think of that
Fuchsia, even better
You mean fewsha???
I go with whatever feels normal
Graye
Nailed it.
It's a masterpiece
It's both!
It's okay, we went with turkoise
@@MikeTrachtenberg oh you are both Turkish? Ok, sure, now it all makes sense...
Nope, not Turkish
grey = uk
gray = us
UK backwards as usual
Haha