Shades of gray at the top of the axis to black at the bottom of the axis. At right is displayed the web color "Gainsboro" "Gainsboro" is a pale tone of gray. Prior to standardization as a web color, "Gainsboro" was included as one of the X11 color names. It was, however, absent from the original 1987 version of the list, but present in Paul Raveling's version which added, amongst other things, "[l]ight and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples". At right is displayed the web color "light gray" Displayed at right is the web color "silver" This color is
A Whiter Shade of Pale by the song's co-authors Gary Brooker, Keith Reid and Matthew Fisher – "A Whiter Shade of Pale" reached number 1 in several countries when released in 1967. In the years since, it has become an enduring classic. It was the most played song in the last 75 years in public places in the UK (as of 2009), and the United Kingdom performing rights group Phonographic Performance Limited in 2004 recognised it as the most-played record by British broadcasting of the past 70 years. Also in 2004, "Rolling Stone" placed "A Whiter Shade of Pale" 57th on its list of the