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The Grey Council consists of the nine leaders of the Minbari in the Babylon 5 universe.
 
Grey's Anatomy is a popular drama tv series.
 
This name is derived from the anatomy textbook Gray's Anatomy
 
The "Grey Lady" is the nickname of the New York Times
 
Grey symbolizes mediocrity, the background noise of society.
 
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.
 
In the Christian religion, grey is the color of ashes, and so a biblical symbol of mourning and repentance, described as sackcloth and ashes.
 
It can be used during Lent or on special days of fasting and prayer.
 
Aging hair is often perceived as being grey although it is actually white, because white hairs next to other colors look comparatively darker.
 
Hence grey is associated with the elderly, and has inspired the name of the Gray Panthers and expressions such as Grey pound.
 
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.
 
In the American Civil War, Confederate Army uniforms were grey, and the war was sometimes called "The Blue and the Gray".
 
Naval camouflage using shades of grey were used during the World Wars because of advances in Naval Warfare.
 
Feldgrau (field grey) was a common color of Wehrmacht uniforms.
 
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