Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gainsboro

/ɡˈeɪnzbɚoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English

Syllables: gains-boro
IPA: /ɡˈeɪnzbɚoʊ/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A neutral light grey colour.

Uncountable

adj

Of a neutral light grey colour.

Example Sentences

"By using light gray or Gainsboro we are using Edward Tufte's principle of "minimum effective difference" to put in ancillary information."
"When the temperature reached to^([sic]) about 40 °C, the color of characters began to change, and it changed completely from black to gainsboro when the temperature rose to about 50 °C. As the[…]film cooled down to the room temperature, the color returned to black."

Etymology

A color named "gainsboro" was added to the X11 color chart by Paul Raveling in 1989. Raveling explained that he introduced a number of "light and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples", of which gainsboro appears to be one.

Usage

Uncountable

Rhymes With

waynesboro

Questions

How do you pronounce gainsboro?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈeɪnzbɚoʊ/.
What does gainsboro mean?: A neutral light grey colour.
Where does gainsboro come from?: A color named "gainsboro" was added to the X11 color chart by Paul Raveling in 1989. Raveling explained that he introduced a number of "light and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples", of which gainsboro appears to be one.

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