gainsboro

== English == === Etymology === A color named "gainsboro" was added to the X11 color chart by Paul Raveling in 1989. Raveling explained that he introduced a number of "light and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples", of which gainsboro appears to be one. === Noun === gainsboro (uncountable) A neutral light grey colour. === Adjective === gainsboro (not comparable) Of a neutral light grey colour. === See also === Appendix:Colors === References === === Anagrams === aborgoins, bigaroons, bioorgans