Definition of shade

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Shade (n.) Comparative obscurity owing to interception or interruption of the rays of light; partial darkness caused by the intervention of something between the space contemplated and the source of light.

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Tone :: Tone (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone..
Roe :: Roe (n.) A mottled appearance of light and shade in wood, especially in mahogany..
Chiaroscurist :: Chiaroscurist (n.) A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.
Umbrage :: Umbrage (n.) Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence, that which affords a shade, as a screen of trees or foliage..
Shade :: Shade (n.) Shadow.
Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A gradual passing from one tint to another or from a darker to a lighter shade, as in painting or drawing..
Ugly :: Ugly (n.) A shade for the face, projecting from the bonnet..
Double-shade :: Double-shade (v. t.) To double the natural darkness of (a place).
Shady :: Shady (superl.) Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; equivocal; dubious or corrupt..
Tincture :: Tincture (n.) A tinge or shade of color; a tint; as, a tincture of red..
Felonwort :: Felonwort (n.) The bittersweet nightshade (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet.
Brown :: Brown (superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow..
Bottle Green :: Bottle green () A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass..
Inumbrate :: Inumbrate (v. t.) To shade; to darken.
Obscure :: Obscure (superl.) Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim..
Nuance :: Nuance (n.) A shade of difference; a delicate gradation.
Atropine :: Atropine (n.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine..
Mottle :: Mottle (v. t.) To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate..
Bon Silene :: Bon Silene () A very fragrant tea rose with petals of various shades of pink.
Arbor :: Arbor (n.) A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower..
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