If you search “Guys in Gray Sweatpants” or“When He Wears Gray Sweatpants,” you’ll see over 132 million posts on TikTok.

Blue, Black, or Brown sweatpants won’t cut it. All that’s cool, but various shades of gray won’t work, either–not Heather gray, not graphite, slate, pewter, ash or shadow gray. Just gray.