A variation of colour, a shade, tint. rare.

Degree of darkness or depth of colour; hence, any of the many minutely differing varieties of quality that may exist in what is broadly considered…

figurative. Art. The prevailing range of tones in a painting; the relative intensity of a particular colour scheme.

spec. A subtle shade of a basic colour; a slight difference or variation in shade or tone.

(a) a shade of a colour, esp. one having a particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue, or producing a particular effect within a picture or…

an amount or level of colour, esp. a relative level within a colour scheme or a system of colours.

Chromatics. Variety of any colour, caused by approach to or slight admixture of another; tint or quality of a particular colour.

A neutral colour or shade, esp. a brown, cream, or grey; (hence) a colour or shade regarded as unobtrusively complementing other colours in a…

markings in shadow.

That quality of a colour, corresponding to tone or reflectance, which when assigned a numerical value according to its degree of lightness can be…