You cannot get a much more challenging start than to be christened Pearl Gray, after Queen Victoria's favourite colour for frocks.

ECONOMIST: The writer of westerns

Pinstripes then as chalky as that other substance for which the '80s were so well known are subtle and blurred, and come in subdued colors like pearl gray and burgundy.

WSJ: Against the Grain

Once or twice a week, Siu boarded the public ferry for an hour-long trip across the rolling gray waters of the Pearl River estuary.

NEWYORKER: The God of Gamblers

The weather was gray again, with muck in the sky from the Pearl River Delta factories.

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