Eigengrau

/ˈaɪɡənɡraʊ/ noun

The dark grey you see with your eyes closed in perfect darkness — your own intrinsic grey.

German: 'eigen' (own) + 'grau' (grey). Already shared this! But it's also a metaphor: we never experience TRUE nothing — even in darkness, we generate our own light.

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