Nascent Drama

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The Grey Council consists of the nine leaders of the Minbari in the Babylon 5 universe.

 

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Grey's Anatomy is a popular drama tv series.

 

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This name is derived from the anatomy textbook Gray's Anatomy

 

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Journalism

 

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The "Grey Lady" is the nickname of the New York Times

 

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Sociology

 

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Grey symbolizes mediocrity, the background noise of society.

 

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Sound Engineering

 

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Grey noise is random noise subjected to a psychoacoustic equal loudness curve (such as an inverted A-weighting curve) over a given range of frequencies, giving the listener the perception that it is equally loud at all frequencies.

 

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Religion

 

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In the Christian religion, grey is the color of ashes, and so a biblical symbol of mourning and repentance, described as sackcloth and ashes.

 

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It can be used during Lent or on special days of fasting and prayer.

 

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Gerontology

 

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Aging hair is often perceived as being grey although it is actually white, because white hairs next to other colors look comparatively darker.

 

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Hence grey is associated with the elderly, and has inspired the name of the Gray Panthers and expressions such as Grey pound.

 

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Hence the inspiration for the song The Old Gray Mare, and punning reference such as the Bugs Bunny cartoon with the double-play-on-words title The Old Grey Hare.

 

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Military

 

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In the American Civil War, Confederate Army uniforms were grey, and the war was sometimes called "The Blue and the Gray".

 

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Naval camouflage using shades of grey were used during the World Wars because of advances in Naval Warfare.

 

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Feldgrau (field grey) was a common color of Wehrmacht uniforms.