Results: All Cats Are Grey
Published on 07/10/2020
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No, all cats are not grey (obviously), but this song by The Cure, "All Cats Are Grey" is the title of this survey, and the last in my series of colour surveys. Grey has become one of the most popular colours in home decor recently. From the perspective of colour psychology, grey is emotionless, boring, detached, and indecisive. Those who say their favourite colour is grey don't tend to have any major likes or dislikes. They can take or leave most things, and, on a whole, lack the passion that comes with loving a "real" colour (oh, harsh!) Do you count grey as your favourite colour?
Yes
14%
333 votes
It is my #1 favourite colour
5%
126 votes
Not really
72%
1730 votes
I dislike grey
9%
218 votes
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So, is it "grey" or "gray"? Gray and grey are both common spellings of the colour, with gray more frequent in American English, and grey is more common in British English, so therefore in Canada. The exception is the greyhound, which is always spelled this way, and has nothing to do with the colour of the dog. Do you use "grey" or "gray"?
Gray
36%
856 votes
Grey
31%
747 votes
Both depending on the meaning
33%
804 votes
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How many of these fun trivia facts about grey (or gray) do you already know?
The first recorded use of grey as a colour name in the English language was in AD 700.
3%
63 votes
In random polls, only 1% of respondents chose it as their favourite colour (let's see if it reflects in the first question)
4%
94 votes
Studies found that people with depression or anxiety were more likely to associate their mood with the colour grey, while happier people preferred yellow.
17%
399 votes
A grey aura mostly associated with monks, nuns, and other spiritually inclined people, suggests the characteristic traits of simplicity, wisdom, and calmness.
6%
156 votes
It was the dominant colour of Pablo Picasso's celebrated painting about the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, Guernica.
5%
111 votes
As we age, the pigment cells in our hair follicles gradually die. When there are fewer pigment cells in a hair follicle, that strand of hair will no longer contain as much melanin and will become a more transparent colour — like grey, silver, or white — as it grows. ... Eventually, the hair will look completely grey.
33%
796 votes
The human eye can distinguish about 500 shades of grey.
4%
87 votes
The Confederate Army wore grey uniforms during the Civil War.
34%
823 votes
The New York Times is sometimes called the "Grey Lady".
8%
184 votes
Knew all of them
4%
87 votes
None
42%
1001 votes
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And finally, as my series of "colour" surveys comes to an end, which of these "grey" people, movies, songs, TV shows or books do you know (feel free to add to the list)?
Grey's Anatomy -- TV
62%
1503 votes
Fifty Shades Of Grey -- book, movie
60%
1444 votes
Touch Of Grey -- Grateful Dead (song)
22%
526 votes
All Cats Are Grey -- The Cure (song)
5%
125 votes
Grey Gardens -- TV
8%
189 votes
The Picture of Dorian Gray -- Oscar Wilde (book), movie
32%
773 votes
Grey -- Yellowcard (song)
3%
61 votes
The Gray Ghost -- movie
8%
181 votes
Grey Lady Down -- movie
15%
365 votes
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit -- movie
26%
633 votes
All of them
4%
85 votes
None
19%
459 votes
Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing)
48%
1158 votes
Joel Grey (Cabaret) -- Jennifer's dad by the way
25%
594 votes
Spalding Gray (actor)
5%
132 votes
Zane Grey (writer)
30%
720 votes
Wardell Gray (sax player)
1%
31 votes
Macy Gray (singer)
22%
537 votes
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