ash-colored vs lurid

ash-colored

adj
  • Of the color of ashes; pale grey. 

lurid

adj
  • Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey. 

  • Being of a light yellow hue. 

  • Having a brown colour tinged with red. 

  • Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance. 

  • Shocking, horrifying, especially when it comes to violence or sex. 

  • Melodramatic. 

How often have the words ash-colored and lurid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )