The phrase "tones of gray" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an expression used to describe various shades of the color gray, as well as to symbolize a lack of color or interest. For example, "The room was painted in cool tones of gray, creating a calming atmosphere."
The décor was subtly graded tones of gray and ivory.
But the cover is in tones of gray and black, suggesting a kind of mourning.
Wang looked ethereal in a gown of her own minimalist design: a flowing wrap dress with a halter neck in two tones of gray chiffon.
It is this production, directed by Mr. Arima, stripped and cast in tones of gray, that closes the season here at Paper Mill Playhouse.
It is in tones of gray encaustic, an ancient technique involving pigment suspended in melted wax, which Mr. Johns is frequently credited with reviving.
Mr. Kipniss's deeply contemplative, tender landscapes are rendered in muted tones of gray, black, brown and blue, contrasting sharply with the turmoil that the hurricane wrought.
When it lifts we are in the first of Lez Brotherston's superb tones-of-gray sets — a shabby living room, with a toppled fireplace and broken walls suggestive of bomb damage.
When the screen lifts, we are in the first of Lez Brotherston's superb tones-of-gray sets — a shabby living room, with a toppled fireplace and broken walls suggestive of bomb damage.
His "River Scene With Small Ferry, Kashmir" in lovely tones of grays and black, is just that.
One is "Datura" (1996), an exquisitely elegant, Irving Penn-style pinture in delectable tones of grays and whites of a flower in various stages of development.
Each image is a slightly different tone of gray (blue, green, mauve) and shows the contents of the shelves in slightly different arrangements, as they might change during a workday -- along with the daylight itself.
