Shade of color Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Shade of color crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on September 22 2024 Universal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Shade of color has a total of 4 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | TONE | Shade of color | Universal |
Definition
| • | Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. |
| • | Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. |
| • | A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone. |
| • | A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. |
| • | The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. |
| • | The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone. |
| • | A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones. |
| • | That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. |
| • | Tonicity; as, arterial tone. |
| • | State of mind; temper; mood. |
| • | Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. |
| • | General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners. |
| • | 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. |
| • | To utter with an affected tone. |
| • | To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t. |
| • | To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Universal: Sep 22, 2024
- Newsday: Nov 27, 2023
- New York Times: Jul 31, 2023
- Newsday: Jul 25, 2023
- New York Times: Jan 23, 2023
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