In the sixth zone, an abrupt change togreyishpumice is encountered, and no crystals are seen.
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The colour of the gypsum is normallygreyish, and in-hand specimens of the gypsum contain large and clearly visible crystals.
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The soil was a deep, montmorillonitic clay, darkgreyishbrown in colour and slightly alkaline.
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In recognizing a substance as whitish orgreyish, the brain adjusts to the ambient lighting environment.
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His third painting was a still life, mainly grey andgreyishgreen.
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The green pericarp encloses an edible seed; this outer coat dries and hardens to agreyish-brown at maturity.
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Each cycle consists of medium to thick interbedded yellowish grey sandstone (15-75 cm) and blue togreyishmudstone beds (15-60 cm).
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In one arrangement, dark brownish,greyishor greenish masses of fungal hyphae enclose groups of algal cells.
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The topmost 5.5 m are brownish-red silty mudstones; below aregreyish-green to dark grey silty mudstones.
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These larvae seemed darkgreyishgreen, with the head, thoracic legs, thoracic and caudal sclerites black and black areas at the bases of the setae.
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Saturation indicates the amount of grey mixed with a hue; little or no grey results in vivid or bright colours, while increasing amounts of grey create dull orgreyishcolours.
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The front cover is a most lack-lustre affair, consisting of an uninspiringgreyishblue background with a silhouette of a horizontal male face at the bottom in a lighter shade.
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Itsgreyish-bluish colour is clearly noticeable when it is spread on green fields.
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The trouble is that we are in the middle of agreyishfog.
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They are predominantlygreyishwith white and black, although some species are brightly coloured.
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