shades

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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

And they come in a myriad of shades — a red hue doesn’t always indicate ripeness.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Unlike the grand ivory buildings in the Fair’s Court of Honor, these walls were painted in garish shades of red and bronze as though colored by a premonition of fire.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros