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Without GREY, no smart DISPLAY!

The colour grey is broadly defined as a neutral or achromatic colour normally associated with indifference, uncertainty, modesty and boredom, and is apparently not a favourite colour if compared to other colours. Well, it might be true in the world of homo sapiens, but it is definitely not true in the world of flora!

The colour of most grey-foliaged plants intensifies in the cold months and if you study them closely, you will notice cool undertones of blue, or hot undertones of yellow and red which gives an interesting variation. Grey plants glow in the dark and light up gloomy places in daylight. Without

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