shades

Example Sentences

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Hansen was drawn to the beautiful shades of blues, greens and browns that the surface reveals if you’re patient enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Posting a photo of the designs they have selected, Lorenze revealed a mix of red and blue paint shades, as well as white fabrics patterned with deep red and blue flowers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The most widespread types interfere with distinguishing between red and green shades.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Two smaller chapels—one blood red, and the other white—contrast with the interior’s shades of gray, as do stained-glass and hand-painted windows, which, in handwriting, call out the Virgin by name, “Marie.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

I turned down the next block, whizzing past the cookie-cutter houses painted in one of three shades: bitter brown, sour cream, or sullen yellow.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas