gun metal gray

http://www.google.com/images?q=gun%20metal%20gray&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi

Above is a link to images that came up when I googled the phrase. It refers to handguns. Unfortunately, guns can be made of various metals with various colors. The images look to run from what I would call brushed nickle to blue gun metal.

Yep. The Army used to use a protective finish called Parkerizing on the M-1 and M-14 rifles, but that isn't what is meant by gun metal gray.

its a matte silver.

please help me answer my question at: http://able2know.org/topic/158815-1

gun metal grey is a HEX or Munsell color number. It was from the family that gave us "Battleship Grey"

Munsell numbers cover as many colors as we can define. I think that there are tens of "Gun Metal greay" shades on the Munsell liswt. Google up "Munsell color+ Gun Metal Grey" and you will get an alpha numeric tag. A color described by some given name like gun metal is actually vague to those in color engineering (or in mining, a careful and repeatable description of the rocks being mined)