Think George Deukmejian, Pete Wilson and Gray Davis, whose public personas might best be rendered in broad strokes of beige, taupe and, yes, gray.

He and his son eat only "beige" foods.

Although the carpets in the real Sistine Chapel are beige, Davies installed brilliant red carpeting to make the room “more flamboyant and colorful.”

My beige jacket was fluffy and felt excessive for an L.A. winter.

When he was last seen he was wearing a beige jumper and black jeans.