These medium clouds are mostly white in colour and have a grey shade.
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When clouds are thin, they let a large portion of the light through and appear white. But like any objects that transmit light, the thicker they are, the less light makes it through. As their thickness increases, the bottoms of clouds look darker but still scatter all colors. We perceive this as gray.
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Definition of Nimbostratus(Section 2.3.6.1)
Grey cloud layer, often dark, the appearance of which is rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling rain or snow, which, in most cases, reaches the ground. It is thick enough throughout to blot out the Sun.
Low, ragged clouds frequently occur below the layer, with which they may or may not merge.
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Definition of Nimbostratus(Section 2.3.6.1)
Grey cloud layer, often dark, the appearance of which is rendered diffuse by more or less continuously falling rain or snow, which, in most cases, reaches the ground. It is thick enough throughout to blot out the Sun.
Low, ragged clouds frequently occur below the layer, with which they may or may not merge.