Payne's grey is a dark blue-grey colour used in painting. The colour is named after William Payne, who painted watercolours in the late 18th century, who most likely developed the colour while trying to produce a mixer that was less intense than black. Payne's grey was deemed an obsolete term in the early 19th century, but is still used by artists today. The first recorded use of Payne's grey as a colour name in English was in 1835.
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