Have you often wondered “Am I spelling g-r-e-y correctly…or is it g-r-a-y?”. How do you spell the color grey or gray? Well, the answer is they are both correct. There are two acceptable spellings. Gray is used primarily in the United States and other areas that use US English. Grey is used in Great Britain and areas that use UK English.

The only exceptions to these rules are:

Proper nouns such as a last name;Earl Grey and Zane Grey would not be spelled Gray and L.H. Gray must be always be spelled Gray. Greyhound as in the dog breed. Food irradiation (quantity of radiation energy absorbed by the food as it passes through the radiation field during processing). 1 Gray = 0.001 kGy = 1 joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of food irradiated.

When all else fails..

grAy is how it’s spelled in America

grEy is how it’s spelled in England

“Is it grey or gray?” is likely one of the most frequently asked questions in regards to common misspellings, however there are many other commonly misspelled wordsrelated to regional differences. In most cases American spellings seem to be a bit more phonetic. Here’s a handy chart.

UK US Grey Gray travelled traveled centre center

See the entire chart of Commonly Misspelled Words

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What is the difference between grey and gray?

According to a very comprehensive color charted provided by Clorford.com (a trusted resource on color swatches) grey and gray are actually two different “color swatches”.