Why is Gandalf Called Gandalf the Grey??

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whoa! since you all are talking about the color outfits of the wizards and its relation to their purposes in ME, they somehow reminded me of the power rangers...radagast the brown ranger. hee hee

anyway, i may add my 2 cents worth of opinion:
i think the first name came first. Like Gandalf just called himself GANDALF. then the outfit, like he was called the Grey because people noticed that he wore the same color everyday.

OR because Gandalf is complex. He is neither black nor white. he can't be easily defined.( I think this is Tolkien's reason for naming Gandalf THE grey).
of course, there's the TTT part where he became the white. But that's a different story... Being the White is like being the leader ( since saruman got booted out for having some fashion sense---saruman with many colors) and the Grey seems more like the regular kinnda guy.


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