# I never understood what it meant to be gray
**URL:** https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885
**Category:** Scaler 2 General Discussion
**Created:** [March 3, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885 "2019-03-03T01:44:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@swingmix](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/swingmix)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/1 "2019-03-03T01:44:32Z")
I never understood what it meant to be gray.
I see chords like Abmaj7 Adim7 Bbmin7 Bmin7
Adim 7 and Bmin7 show grey. Does gray mean that it contains tones other than this scale? Is that so?
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### Author:  [@Ed1](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Ed1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/2 "2019-03-03T08:57:03Z")
Hi @swingmix
yes, you are right, a grey chord means a note (or more) is not in the selected scale.
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### Author:  [@swingmix](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/swingmix)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/3 "2019-03-03T09:15:01Z")
But it can also be used? It all sounds comfortable, doesn’t it?
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### Author:  [@Ed1](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/Ed1)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/4 "2019-03-03T09:57:16Z")
Yes you can use them, if you look at the chord sets, in many styles « grey » chords are used. They usually help color your track.
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### Author:  [@swingmix](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/swingmix)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/5 "2019-03-03T10:45:29Z")
Thank you.
This is a great software. I can’t play the piano, and I don’t have time to learn how to play, so chords have always been a headache to me. I often ask people how to match chords. They tell me that chords are optional, depending on the mood. I can’t do it. Now that Scaler is a great software, I can finally match chords with my mood. I believe your software will get better and better. Early add the function of fast dragging bass midi, pad midi. Hope to add the function of chord collocation according to a recording audio file. It may not be accurate, but it can give a direction quickly. Save time for music production.
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### Author:  [@davide](https://forum.scalermusic.com/u/davide)
#### Post date: [March 3, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://forum.scalermusic.com/t/i-never-understood-what-it-meant-to-be-gray/885/6 "2019-03-03T23:58:15Z")
@swingmix Stay very tuned. You will love what we have in the pipeline.