Shade vs. Color — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Shade and Color
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Shade
Light diminished in intensity as a result of the interception of the rays; partial darkness.
Color
Color (American English), or colour (Commonwealth English), is the characteristic of visual perception described through color categories, with names such as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. This perception of color derives from the stimulation of photoreceptor cells (in particular cone cells in the human eye and other vertebrate eyes) by electromagnetic radiation (in the visible spectrum in the case of humans).
Shade
Cover or shelter provided by interception by an object of the sun or its rays
Sat in the shade under the tree.
Color
The appearance of objects or light sources described in terms of the individual's perception of them, involving hue, lightness, and saturation for objects, and hue, brightness, and saturation for light sources.
Shade
The part of a picture or photograph depicting darkness or shadow.
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Color
The characteristics of light by which the individual is made aware of objects or light sources through the receptors of the eye, described in terms of dominant wavelength, luminance, and purity.
Shade
A gradation of a color as it is mixed with black or is decreasingly illuminated
Shades of gray.
Color
A gradation or variation of this aspect, especially when other than black, white, or gray; a hue:fireworks that exploded in brilliant colors.
Shade
A slight difference or variation; a nuance
Shades of meaning.
Color
A substance, such as a dye, pigment, or paint, that imparts a hue.
Shade
A small amount; a trace
Detected a shade of bitterness in her remarks.
Color
The use of different colors in visual representation.
Shade
Any of various devices used to reduce or screen light or heat
Closed the window shades.
Color
The different colors used in visual representation:one of the earliest movies in color.
Shade
Shades Informal Sunglasses.
Color
The general appearance of the skin, especially as an indication of good health
Regained her color after a few days' rest.
Shade
Dark shadows gathering at dusk
“The shades of night are falling fast” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow).
Color
A reddening of the face, as a blush or sign of anger.
Shade
The abode of the dead; the underworld
Went to the shades of hell.
Color
Skin pigmentation considered as a racial characteristic or a marker of racial identity, especially when other than white:"My father told me if I go west, there's integration; you don't worry about color"(Itabari Njeri). See Usage Note at person of color.
Shade
A disembodied spirit; a ghost.
Color
A colored item, such as a badge, ribbon, or piece of clothing, serving as an identifying mark:wore the colors of their college.
Shade
Shades A present reminder of a person or situation in the past
Shades of my high-school days.
Color
A flag or banner, as of a country or military unit:a ship flying the colors of Brazil.
Shade
(Slang) Scornful criticism or contempt
“Most fans are now speculating that the letters written on her gown were not just random and in fact were supposed to throw shade at her estranged husband” (Ashley Mitchell).
Color
The salute made during the ceremony of raising or lowering a flag.
Shade
To screen from light or heat
Trees shaded the street.
Color
ColorsOne's opinion or position:Stick to your colors.
Shade
To obscure or darken
“A sliver of mustache shaded his upper lip” (Michael Finkel).
Color
OftencolorsCharacter or nature:revealed their true colors.
Shade
To represent degrees of shade or shadow in
Shade a drawing.
Color
An outward and often deceptive appearance:a tale with the merest color of truth.
Shade
To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture
Shaded the pink in the sunset.
Color
Appearance of authenticity:testimony that lends color to an otherwise absurd notion.
Shade
To change or vary by slight degrees
Shade the meaning.
Color
(Law)The appearance of a legal claim, as to a right or office.
Shade
To make a slight reduction in
Shade prices.
Color
Vividness or variety in expression:a story told with a lot of color.
Shade
To pass from one quality, color, or thing to another by very slight changes or degrees.
Color
Commentary distinguished by vivid details or background information, as during a sports broadcast:A former coach provided the color for the championship game.
Shade
(uncountable) Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
The old oak tree gave shade in the heat of the day.
Color
Local color.
Shade
(countable) Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.
Close the shade, please: it's too bright in here.
Color
The use or effect of pigment in painting, as distinct from form.
Shade
(countable) A variety of a colour/color, in particular one obtained by adding black (compare tint).
I've painted my room in five lovely shades of pink and chartreuse.
Color
(Music)Quality of tone or timbre.
Shade
(figuratively) A subtle variation in a concept.
Shades of meaning
Color
A particle or bit of gold found in auriferous gravel or sand.
Shade
(figuratively) An aspect that is reminiscent of something.
Shades of Groucho
Color
(Physics)See color charge.
Shade
A very small degree of a quantity, or variety of meaning
Color
(Astronomy)See color index.
Shade
A ghost or specter; a spirit.
Too long have I been haunted by that shade.
The adventurer was attacked by a shade.
Color
To impart color to or change the color of.
Shade
(countable) A postage stamp showing an obvious difference in colour/color to the original printing and needing a separate catalogue/catalog entry.
Color
To give a distinctive character or quality to; modify:"Both books are colored by the author's childhood experiences"(Deborah M. Locke).
Shade
Subtle insults.
Throw shade
Why did you paint your room chartreuse? No shade; I'm genuinely curious.
Color
To exert an influence on; affect:The war colored the soldier's life.
Shade
(countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
Color
To misrepresent, especially by distortion or exaggeration:color the facts.
Shade
(historical) A candle-shade.
Color
To gloss over; excuse:a parent who colored the children's lies.
Shade
(transitive) To shield (someone or something) from light.
The old oak tree shaded the lawn in the heat of the day.
Color
To take on color.
Shade
To shield oneself from light.
We shaded under a huge oak tree.
Color
To change color.
Shade
(transitive) To alter slightly.
You'll need to shade your shot slightly to the left.
Most politicians will shade the truth if it helps them.
Color
To become red in the face; redden or blush.
Shade
(intransitive) To vary or approach something slightly, particularly in color.
The hillside was bright green, shading towards gold in the drier areas.
Color
(uncountable) The spectral composition of visible light.
Humans and birds can perceive color.
Shade
To move slightly from one's normal fielding position.
Jones will shade a little to the right on this pitch count.
Color
A subset thereof:
Shade
(transitive) To darken, particularly in drawing.
I draw contours first, gradually shading in midtones and shadows.
Color
(countable) A particular set of visible spectral compositions, perceived or named as a class.
Most languages have names for the colors black, white, red, and green.
Shade
To surpass by a narrow margin.
Both parties claimed afterwards that their man did best in the debate, but an early opinion poll suggested Mr Cameron shaded it.
Color
(uncountable) Hue as opposed to achromatic colors (black, white and grays).
He referred to the white flag as one "drained of all color".
Shade
To reduce (a window) so that only its title bar is visible.
Color
These hues as used in color television or films, color photographs, etc (as opposed to the shades of grey used in black-and-white television).
This film is broadcast in color.
Most people dream in color, but some dream in black and white.
Shade
To throw shade, to subtly insult someone.
Color
(heraldry) Any of the standard dark tinctures used in a coat of arms, including azure, gules, sable, and vert.
Shade
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen.
Color
A paint.
The artist took out her colors and began work on a landscape.
Shade
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
Color
(uncountable) Human skin tone, especially as an indicator of race or ethnicity.
Color has been a sensitive issue in many societies.
Shade
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.
Color
(medicine) Skin color, noted as normal, jaundiced, cyanotic, flush, mottled, pale, or ashen as part of the skin signs assessment.
Shade
Darkness; obscurity; - often in the plural.
The shades of night were falling fast.
Color
A flushed appearance of blood in the face; redness of complexion.
Shade
An obscure place; a spot not exposed to light; hence, a secluded retreat.
Let us seek out some desolate shade, and thereWeep our sad bosoms empty.
Color
(figuratively) Richness of expression; detail or flavour that is likely to generate interest or enjoyment.
There is a great deal of colour in his writing.
A bit of local color
Could you give me some color with regards to which products made up the mix of revenue for this quarter?
Shade
That which intercepts, or shelters from, light or the direct rays of the sun; hence, also, that which protects from heat or currents of air; a screen; protection; shelter; cover; as, a lamp shade.
The Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand.
Sleep under a fresh tree's shade.
Let the arched knife well sharpened now assail the spreading shades of vegetables.
Color
A standard, flag, or insignia:
Shade
Shadow.
Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue.
Color
(in the plural) A standard or banner.
The loss of their colors destroyed the regiment's morale.
Shade
The soul after its separation from the body; - so called because the ancients it to be perceptible to the sight, though not to the touch; a spirit; a ghost; as, the shades of departed heroes.
Swift as thought the flitting shadeThro' air his momentary journey made.
Color
(in the plural) The flag of a nation or team.
The colors were raised over the new territory.
Shade
The darker portion of a picture; a less illuminated part. See Def. 1, above.
Color
(in the plural) Gang insignia.
Both of the perpetrators were wearing colors.
Shade
Degree or variation of color, as darker or lighter, stronger or paler; as, a delicate shade of pink.
White, red, yellow, blue, with their several degrees, or shades and mixtures, as green only in by the eyes.
Color
(in the plural) An award for sporting achievement, particularly within a school or university.
He was awarded colors for his football.
Shade
A minute difference or variation, as of thought, belief, expression, etc.; also, the quality or degree of anything which is distinguished from others similar by slight differences; as, the shades of meaning in synonyms.
New shades and combinations of thought.
Every shade of religious and political opinion has its own headquarters.
Color
The morning ceremony of raising the flag.
Shade
To shelter or screen by intercepting the rays of light; to keep off illumination from.
I went to crop the sylvan scenes,And shade our altars with their leafy greens.
Color
(physics) A property of quarks, with three values called red, green, and blue, which they can exchange by passing gluons; color charge.
Shade
To shelter; to cover from injury; to protect; to screen; to hide; as, to shade one's eyes.
Ere in our own house I do shade my head.
Color
A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
Shade
To obscure; to dim the brightness of.
Thou shad'stThe full blaze of thy beams.
Color
(typography) The relative lightness or darkness of a mass of written or printed text on a page. (See type color)
Shade
To pain in obscure colors; to darken.
Color
(snooker) Any of the colored balls excluding the reds.
Shade
To mark with gradations of light or color.
Color
A front or facade; an ostensible truth actually false; pretext.
Shade
To present a shadow or image of; to shadow forth; to represent.
[The goddess] in her person cunningly did shadeThat part of Justice which is Equity.
Color
An appearance of right or authority; color of law.
Under color of law, he managed to bilk taxpayers of millions of dollars.
Shade
To undergo or exhibit minute difference or variation, as of color, meaning, expression, etc.; to pass by slight changes; - used chiefly with a preposition, as into, away, off.
This small group will be most conveniently treated with the emotional division, into which it shades.
Color
Conveying color, as opposed to shades of gray.
Color television and movies were considered a great improvement over black and white.
Shade
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
Color
(transitive) To give something color.
We could color the walls red.
Shade
A quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;
After several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
Color
(transitive) To cause (a pipe, especially a meerschaum) to take on a brown or black color, by smoking.
Shade
Protective covering that protects something from direct sunlight;
They used umbrellas as shades
As the sun moved he readjusted the shade
Color
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.
My kindergartener loves to color.
Shade
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
Color
(of a person or their face) To become red through increased blood flow.
Her face colored as she realized her mistake.
Shade
A position of relative inferiority;
An achievement that puts everything else in the shade
His brother's success left him in the shade
Color
To affect without completely changing.
That interpretation certainly colors my perception of the book.
Shade
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
Color
(informal) To attribute a quality to; to portray (as).
Color me confused.
They tried to colour the industrial unrest as a merely local matter.
Shade
A mental representation of some haunting experience;
He looked like he had seen a ghost
It aroused specters from his past
Color
To assign colors to the vertices of a graph (or the regions of a map) so that no two vertices connected by an edge (regions sharing a border) have the same color.
Can this graph be 2-colored?
You can color any map with four colors.
Shade
A representation of the effect of shade in a picture or drawing (as by shading or darker pigment)
Color
A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
Shade
Cast a shadow over
Color
Any hue distinguished from white or black.
Shade
Represent the effect of shade or shadow on
Color
The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.
Give color to my pale cheek.
Shade
Protect from light, heat, or view;
Shade your eyes when you step out into the bright sunlight
Color
That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
Color
That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.
They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship.
That he should die is worthy policy;But yet we want a color for his death.
Color
Shade or variety of character; kind; species.
Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color.
Color
A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).
In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental.
Color
An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
Color
To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain.
The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color.
Color
To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.
He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen.
Color
To hide.
That by his fellowship he color mightBoth his estate and love from skill of any wight.
Color
To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
Color
A visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect;
A white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light
Color
Interest and variety and intensity;
The Puritan Period was lacking in color
Color
The timbre of a musical sound;
The recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Color
A race with skin pigmentation different from the white race (especially Blacks)
Color
An outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading;
He hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity
He tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction
The situation soon took on a different color
Color
Any material used for its color;
She used a different color for the trim
Color
(physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction; each flavor of quarks comes in three colors
Color
The appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation
Color
Add color to;
The child colored the drawings
Fall colored the trees
Colorize black and white film
Color
Affect as in thought or feeling;
My personal feelings color my judgment in this case
The sadness tinged his life
Color
Modify or bias;
His political ideas color his lectures
Color
Decorate with colors;
Color the walls with paint in warm tones
Color
Gloss or excuse;
Color a lie
Color
Change color, often in an undesired manner;
The shirts discolored
Color
Having or capable of producing colors;
Color film
He rented a color television
Marvelous color illustrations
Black-and-white film
A black-and-white TV
The movie was in black and white
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