shade
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3.8
- noun
- /ʃeɪd/
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matiz
- When you get up in the morning, how do you decide which shade of black to wear?
- shades of meaning
- subtle shades
- different shades
So we're going to go in with the shade beige bronze.
- So we're going to go in with the shade beige bronze.
- But I feel like this is actually a good shade for me.
- I have it in the shade Truffle.
- This is the shade deep and I love it.
- And then we have the shade Big spender.
Examples
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The back of my neck was turning a deeper and deeper shade of red.
Academic text (2011) -
Your face has turned an awful shade of red.
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But I feel like this is actually a good shade for me.
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It's so funny how lip shade matters so much.
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That's a really good shade for fair skin.
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The door was the same shade of blue as Linda's trim, back home.
Fiction book (1990) -
The color of the walls should be soft shades, such as beige and light gray.
Academic text (2008) -
I love that shade of lipstick, you've been wearing lately.
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This one is from Marc Jacobs in the shade Wavelength.
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Depending on your skin tone, choose the shade of white that looks best on you.
Synonyms
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3.5
A slight variation of a color, like a darker blue
74
5.1
A small difference in meaning or feeling that is hard to notice
56
3.9
A particular shade of color, like blue or red
54
6.8
A small important detail that is hard to notice
15
4.4
A small amount of color or feeling in something
12
2.5
A slight change in a color, like a pale blue
5
7.7
A small but important difference in meaning or detail
5
6.0
A faint color beneath a main color that changes how it looks
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4.2
A small difference between similar things, often in color or meaning
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7.7
A small amount of a color or feeling that is easy to miss
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How Subtle
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shade comes from an old English word sceadu meaning 'shadow'. Think of a tiny shadow on a picture — that small darkness became the idea of a small difference, so a 'shade' happier means just a little more happy.