A close reading of these excerpts reveals that, despite the many appearances of the word “gun,” authors typically employ it in its usual sense to denote the weapon. In fact, none of the examples explicitly use “gun” as a descriptor of hue. Only in passing do some descriptions hint at tactile or visual attributes—such as the cool, smooth metal noted in [1]—that might evoke an implied “gunmetal” quality. Yet even here, the focus is on the object’s material properties rather than on a defined color. Thus, while modern terminology sometimes speaks of “gunmetal” as a distinct shade of gray, these literary passages illustrate that “gun” remains almost exclusively a reference to an instrument of conflict rather than a deliberate allusion to color [1].