at and t cellular: Word of the Day: Eigengrau

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Thursday, December 14, 2023

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Eigengrau

noun

1. The dark gray color seen by the eyes in perfect darkness as a result of signals from the optic nerves.

"Before my eyes adjusted to the dark, all I could see was eigengrau."

"Henry awoke in the eigengrau of total darkness, so he quickly turned on his lamp."

"The darkness of the sub-basement seemed eigengrau to my eyes."

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German, mid-20th century

"Eigengrau" is a German loanword used to describe the specific color of total darkness as perceived by human eyes. Rather than black, the color that human optic nerves discern in pure darkness is a dark gray, which is why eigengrau is sometimes called "brain gray." ...