A traditional Japanese color name for a pale, cool gray with a slight bluish or silvery cast. Often used in design, textiles, and traditional arts.
She wore a silver-gray kimono.
This wallpaper has a shade close to silver gray.
Standard kanji spelling for the color name.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; less common but still encountered.
Formed from 銀 “silver” and ねず, an abbreviation of 鼠色 “gray.” It denotes a 鼠色 shade with a silvery cast.