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a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
(noun) wraith, ghost, specter, spectre, spook
a mental representation of some haunting experience
he looked like he had seen a ghost; it aroused specters from his past
(noun) refinement, subtlety, nuance, nicety
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor; don't argue about shades of meaning
(noun) tad
a slight amount or degree of difference
a tad too expensive; not a tad of difference; the new model is a shade better than the old one
(noun) shadiness, shadowiness
relative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body
it is much cooler in the shade; there's too much shadiness to take good photographs
(verb) fill in
represent the effect of shade or shadow on
cast a shadow over