Nice to see that some of you Merkins have finally come around to our way of thinking.
Now then, spell colour 
Not true. You love that name because it is the name of your pet sheep.
Didn’t realize it was a Brit/American thing. Interesting.
snerk well done.
I am with **dangermom **on this one, too - well said.
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Good on you. People not respecting the US/Commonwealth divide when it comes to proper nouns is a pet peeve of mine. I find it arrogant or something. For example, whether you spell it “harbour” or “harbor”, it should be “Sydney Harbour” and “Pearl Harbor” always, regardless of the nationality of the writer. “Railway” and Railroad" is another - call it what you like, but if you are talking about a company, then they make the rules.
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Not only is his name cool, but his stationary was the coolest I have ever seen. Why? Cuz he was a copywriter/editor and they simply used proofreading marks to show how the second name should be corrected to be the same as the first. Genius!
I use “gray” for speaking and “grey” for writing.
Sometimes if I’m in a wacky mood, I’ll switch things up and no one can tell the difference.
American here, and I use “gray”. However, I also use “judgment”, for what it’s worth.
When I was in the third grade, I missed a point on a spelling test for “honour.” It must have been under the influence of Enid Blyton.
Gray for naturally occurring instances of the color. Like eyes, clouds, hair, rocks, eminences, or the good pages of The Times before it went to color.
Grey for clothes, paint, or things painted or colored intentionally. Like suits, socks, cars, or battleships.
This is nobody’s rule but mine. What do you think of it for North American usage?
I went through an Anglicized spelling phase sometime in the 9th grade or so, and none of my teachers minded. Granted, my 9th grade teacher pimped me to the entire English department as the greatest writer of my generation (well, at my school anyway), so I probably had her to thank for getting most of my stylistic eccentricities explained as the creative variety rather than the pathological variety.
Thanks, Zelder!
Color: Gray
Aliens: Grey
I think of it as unnecessarily complicated. And why is the colour of a newspaper naturally occurring rather than intentional?
I have no idea which I use, and now that I’m thinking about it I couldn’t unselfconsciously type greay to see how it came out.
Grey.
'K. It’s pretty natural to me, so I’ll use it and you do as you please.
Back in the day The Times used to de-emphasize visual esthetics in favor of lots and lots of uninterrupted print, leading to it being nicknamed the Good Gray Lady. I don’t think they had that particular look in mind, though (or any other).
Grey. The Crayola Crayons people always identified the grey crayon as “Grey”, and they oughta know about colors.