Translation guide
A dark bluish-gray color, like the rock slate. In Japanese, it's often expressed with specific color terms or descriptive phrases.
Describe something as slate gray in color.
Direct loanword from English, commonly used in fashion, design, and product descriptions.
このスレートグレーのスーツはとてもシックだ。
This slate gray suit is very chic.
Means 'slate color'. Slightly more Japanese-sounding than the pure loanword.
壁をスレート色に塗った。
I painted the walls slate gray.
Descriptive phrase meaning 'bluish gray'. Useful when the exact loanword isn't known.
空が青みがかった灰色に変わった。
The sky turned a bluish gray.
Technical term literally meaning 'slate rock color'. Rarely used outside geological or academic contexts.
この地層は粘板岩色を呈している。
This stratum exhibits a slate gray color.