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As a result, affected lighter skins adopt a bluish or greyish tinge.

From Salon Jan. 20, 2025

During a morning forage, Apooa shows us a greyish looking branch that signals there are edible tubers underneath.

From BBC Dec. 15, 2022

The JBL Tour One M2 looks similar to the original Tour One, though this is also available in a greyish beige “champagne” finish.

From The Verge Aug. 30, 2022

As Jane Grigson explains in Charcuterie and French Pork Cookery, saltpetre was traditionally used when brining hams to give them “an attractive rosy appearance when otherwise it would be a murky greyish brown”.

From The Guardian Mar. 1, 2018

The bark was greyish green in colour, thin and smooth, and soft enough that I could mark it with my fingernail.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel




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