Editing Cherry MX Linear Grey

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{{infobox dswitch
| image name        = Cherry MX Linear Grey.jpg
| manufacturer      = [[Cherry]]
| product code      = MX1A-21xx
| contact mechanism = [[Contact mechanism#Metal leaf|Metal leaf]]
| switch type       = Linear
| actuation force   = 80 cN
| introduced        = 1980s
| family            = [[Cherry MX]]
}}

'''Cherry MX Linear Grey''', also known as '''Cherry MX Dark Grey''',  is a stiff, linear switch in the [[Cherry MX]] family. This switch is used for space bars in keyboards with [[Cherry MX Black]] switches. The stem is a marginally darker shade of grey than the tactile [[Cherry MX Tactile Grey]], hence its former name.

In Cherry sales brochures and data sheets, the color is given as grey37.

Keyboard enthusiasts who think [[Cherry MX Black|blacks]] are not stiff enough use them for entire keyboards.

==Nomenclature==
Cherry MX Linear Grey has been historically referred to as Cherry MX Dark Grey. However, the switch has also been found with a paler-coloured slider with a warm tone, and the differences in shade between the various grey switches (differing by one percentage point of grey, if the catalogue is correctly understood) are not obvious enough to warrant terms describing them by colour. Cherry produced one each of a linear, clicky and tactile space bar switch in subtly differing shades of grey.

==History==
Introduced in 198?. Most presumably at the same time as the [[Cherry MX Black]].

==Keyfeel==
Linear, stiff.

==Availability==
* As of 2012, these switches are available directly from the manufacturer and some suppliers.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=250 heights=187>
File:Cherry MX Dark Grey vs Grey.jpg            | Cherry MX Linear Grey vs [[Cherry MX Tactile Grey]]
File:CherryMX_darkgrey_062168.jpg               | MX Linear Grey switches in shipping box
File:G80-0924 -- MX Linear Grey on spacebar.jpg | Paler, warmer tone switch in a vintage [[Cherry G80-0924]] keyboard
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Cherry MX Black]]
* [[Cherry MX Tactile Grey]]
* [[Cherry MX Click Grey]]

[[Category:Cherry MX]]
[[Category:Linear switches]]
[[Category:Metal contact switches]]
[[Category:Production switches]]
[[Category:List of all keyboard switches]]