tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post8603487626611677220..comments2024-03-11T21:41:58.342-04:00Comments on The New York Times Crossword in Gothic: 03.24.15 — NightDONALDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17398968047673788006noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925686079259728342.post-60835183680996120922015-03-24T12:25:58.741-04:002015-03-24T12:25:58.741-04:00White does not have shades. We all know there'...White does not have shades. We all know there's fifty shades of grey. ;-) No one has yet counted all the shades, tints and tones of off-white as that number is infinite.<br />Here's the relevant entry from Simon & Schuster's Webster's New World Dictionary 3rd Ed. on the word "pearl": 'The color of some pearls, a bluish gray.'<br />White is also not a color, but you can have various effects and glosses such as metallic, porcelain enamel, matte and flat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com