The word "shades" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to things like sunglasses or window treatments. For example, "She put up light blue roman shades in the living room to help keep the sun out."
She said: "It explains some things and it is for the nation to think in a sophisticated way about those shades of grey".
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There is a pattern emerging here: Carlyle, a lapsed socialist (his spirit, he has said, all but broken by the 1992 Tory victory), evidently likes his geniuses to come in different shades of troublemaker.
In this Top of the Pops performance, Van the Man has removed his trademark hat and shades, probably to seem a little less intimidating.
"You are the boss, we are your servants," Clegg said, as if borrowing dialogue from Fifty Shades.
Here were suppurating sticks of greasepaint in shades nine and five (when applied together in a thick orange paste they were supposed to give a "fleshy" tone to skin but in fact made everyone on stage look as if they were on the verge of a thrombosis); dried-up tubs of cold cream; rotting sponges with thriving colonies of bacteria.
For fans of a plain, austere look, there is a simple Putin headshot, mouth set in an implacable determination and eyes hidden behind a pair of shades, embossed on a plain white or black t-shirt.
She refers to the men in the leaders' debate as "the four shades of Westminster grey," adding that a four-way debate would have been boring, and looks noticeably unimpressed when I ask how Plaid can claim to represent Wales when it is the country's third party: "We are designed as a party to speak for Wales.
Against the variegated white shades of its paper background, the Codex's colours are elegantly restricted and make great use of inks and metallic pigments.
Then a cabin-wide hunt for the above-mentioned shades ensues and we're all invited to step through the curtain into first class to deliver them back to their celebrity owner.
The most coveted and expensive pearls are judged on their roundness, perfection and lustre, and come in shades dictated by their shells, from white to pistachio green, pink, gold and aubergine.
