Grey colored coated article with low-E coating having absorber layer and low visible transmission

A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate and having grey glass side reflective color, the coating comprising:

• first and second infrared (IR) reflecting layers comprising silver, the first IR reflecting layer being located closer to the glass substrate than is the second IR reflecting layer;
• a first contact layer located over and directly contacting the first IR reflecting layer comprising silver;
• a dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride located over and directly contacting the first contact layer;
• wherein the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is split by a splitting absorber layer, so that the splitting absorber layer is located between and contacting a first portion of the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride and a second portion of the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride;
• a second contact layer located over the layer comprising silicon nitride;
• the second IR reflecting layer comprising silver located over and directly contacting the second contact layer;
• a third contact layer located over and directly contacting the second IR reflecting layer;
• another dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride located over the third contact layer;
• wherein the coated article has a visible transmission of from 20-45%;
• and
• wherein the coated article has grey glass side reflective coloration so that the coated article has a glass side reflective a* value from −2.5 to 0 and a glass side reflective b* value from −7.0 to −1.0 (Ill. C, 2 degree observer).

A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

• first and second infrared (IR) reflecting layers comprising silver, the first IR reflecting layer being located closer to the glass substrate than is the second IR reflecting layer;
• a first contact layer located over and directly contacting the first IR reflecting layer comprising silver;
• a dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride located over and directly contacting the first contact layer;
• wherein the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is split by a splitting layer comprising NbZrOxNy, so that the splitting layer comprising NbZrOxNy is located between and contacting a first portion of the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride and a second portion of the dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride;
• a second contact layer located over the layer comprising silicon nitride;
• the second IR reflecting layer comprising silver located over and directly contacting the second contact layer;
• a third contact layer located over and directly contacting the second IR reflecting layer;
• wherein the coated article has a visible transmission of from 20-45%;
• and
• wherein the coated article has grey glass side reflective coloration so that the coated article has a glass side reflective a* value from −2.5 to 0 and a glass side reflective b* value from −7.0 to −1.0 (Ill. C, 2 degree observer).