Gray

Grey is halfway between black and white, and it is the universal symbol of neutrality, objectivity, and detachment. Representing impartial judgment is often associated with the judicial system, fairness, and truth. Lady Justice, or Iustitia, is typically depicted wearing a light grey robe, holding scales and a sword, symbolizing balance and equilibrium.

Grey also evokes thoughts of grey matter in our brains and the grey hair of wise old men, like Gandalf the Grey. This color symbolizes knowledge, intelligence, experience, maturity, and wisdom. Its unemotional nature further reinforces this association. As an achromatic color, grey lacks the vivid energy and emotional charge of chromatic colors, making it distant and formal, closely linked to clear thoughts and logical reasoning.^[1]

In Chinese, the word for grey ("hui") has several meanings, including ash, dust, depressed, and disappointed, aligning closely with Western symbolic meanings of the color.

Grey is also the color of steel, concrete, and many modern industrial inventions, making it a high-tech color associated with technology, advancement, and modernity. Its tones, especially those close to silver, symbolize the future and progress.