The phrase "a light shade" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a color that is pale or not very intense, often in the context of art, design, or fashion.
Example: "She chose a light shade of blue for the walls to create a calming atmosphere in the room."
Alternatives: "a pale hue" or "a soft tint".
A light shade covers most neighborhoods.
(He settled on a light shade of purple).
It cast a light shade over her face, bringing out the half-tones.
There are lots of mirrors and wood paneling painted in a light shade.
Although his breakthrough product was a light shade for the design company Droog, his sensibility is more Japanese than Dutch.
A scrubby box-elder tree on one side casts a light shade, and the dusty lilacs seem to catch a little breeze on the other.
The Naples, as it was called, was a light shade of mud and one of only eight plans their builder offered.
Thus, they show greater attentiveness when a shade of red changes to yellow than when a light shade of red merely replaces a darker shade of the same colour.
Mert, in a French sailor's shirt and baggy terry-cloth cargo shorts, had the camera, and Marcus, in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and pin-striped cotton pants, stood off to the side, observing the results on a monitor — a laptop on a tripod, with a light shade over it.
Man, as near as we can discover, is undertaking to turn all the smaller fur-bearing animals a light shade of blue. 10 years ago, in Norway, somebody came upon a mutation of the silver fox which had prominent blue-grey markings & which came to be called platian.
By David Lardner The New Yorker, March 11 , 1944P. 17 Man, as near as we can discover, is undertaking to turn all the smaller fur-bearing animals a light shade of blue. 10 years ago, in Norway, somebody came upon a mutation of the silver fox which had prominent blue-grey markings & which came to be called platian.
