pearly

A pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

In nature we as often find the light cool as warm; also in the pictures of many of the Flemish and Dutch schools, where, as Sir Joshua himself mentions, " the silver gray or pearly is predominant, and are valued by the connoisseurs in proportion as they possess this excellence of a silver tint."

Pearly is that silky and often coloured lustre which renders of such value

Of a pale greyish white colour, tinted with blue.

Resembling or characteristic of a pearl; nacreous.

a pearly lustre

Containing or yielding pearls.

Having a pure sweet tone.