In the sun room, for example, where Mr. Ye kept the traditional blue-gray-black wall paintings, the workers decided to save money by using plastic in the ceiling blinds instead of the wooden slats Mr. Ye had requested.

WSJ: Inside the Home and Studio of Ye Yongqing

It was set hard by the harbor wall, with Mweelrea Mountain across the water, and disgracefully gray skies above.

NEWYORKER: Fjord of Killary

Paul Gray, 50, disappeared when he climbed over a wall and into the pit after Craig Whipps became submerged in the slurry at Albyns Farm, near Ongar.

BBC: Essex farm workers 'overcome by slurry'

While he crusades to hold Wall Street to the highest standards, the evidence suggests Spitzer has toed the gray lines that separate truth from hypocrisy and divide the honest from the unethical.

FORBES: Magazine Article

At the Wooly, a modified speakeasy with antique upholstered couches and wall sconces, Yorke wore a gray T-shirt and stared at a laptop on a stand.

NEWYORKER: Atomic Clock