Near neutral colours (Chromatic greys)

Colours in the low chroma range.

Example: Near neutral colours (which each belong to a different hue family) are shown on the left. Compare to the Achromatic colours (which do not belong to a hue family) shown on the right.

Example of near neutral colours

Example of achromatic colours.

Note that most of the greys we perceive in our local environment belong to the near-neutral category rather than the achromatic category.