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A love letter to grey: Lustrous. Uplifting. Stormy. Serene
The unloved grey remains the writer’s favourite colour, though floodwaters once camouflaged her grey car.
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The writer recently thought about her growing affinity for grey when colour authority Pantone unveiled Cloud Dancer as its Colour of the Year for 2026.
ST ILLUSTRATION: MANNY FRANCISCO
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I remember the day the colour grey began to fascinate me. My young friend Tyson, who had just relocated from moody, misty Seattle to superpower capital Washington where I was working, gazed at the grey sky outside my window.
“A day like this reminds me of Seattle,” he reflected after a while.
