cloudy_gray colors

Literary analysis:

In these literary examples, "cloudy gray" is deployed as a multifaceted color descriptor that enhances both physical and atmospheric elements. Authors use it to define tangible qualities—as with figures entirely wrapped in cloudy gray [1] or eyes imbued with that ambiguous hue [2][3]—while also lending a moody, evocative quality to broader scenes, such as mist that shrouds a landscape in its indistinct light [4]. Moreover, in contexts ranging from the painterly choices of an artist [5][6] to the decorative detailing in architectural or mythic imagery [7], the color serves to evoke a sense of muted mystery and poetic melancholy that enriches the narrative texture.

The figure, wingless, yet floating in erect grace, was of great size, and wrapped entirely in cloudy gray.
— from Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences by Violet Tweedale
Her eyes were a cloudy gray.
— from The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair
When he thought of her cloudy gray eyes, he felt certain that any seeming unkindness wasn’t intended.
— from Slaves of Freedom by Coningsby Dawson
Across the flat horizon the mist hung in wraithlike forms of cloudy gray, and the deep grass into which they plunged their feet was beaded with dew.
— from The Riddle of the Frozen Flame by Mary E. Hanshew
Hence he makes much use of white, pale blue, and cloudy grays, avoiding the gorgeousness of the old masters.
— from Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2 by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Mixed with French blue or cobalt, lamp black gives good cloudy grays, which are useful for the shadows of heavy storm clouds.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field
In the background a broad flight of steps, rising to a curtain of cloudy gray, embroidered with two gigantic hands holding thunderbolts.
— from The House of Rimmon: A Drama in Four Acts by Henry Van Dyke

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