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Discover Ludwig"subtle shade" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a small, delicate difference or variation in color or meaning. It can be used to describe both literal and figurative shades. Example: The artist used a variety of subtle shades to create a beautiful and realistic landscape painting. Example: The subtle shades of meaning in her words left me unsure of her true intentions. Example: The walls of the room were painted a soft grey, adorned with subtle shades of blue and green in the artwork.
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For example, on the birds at Loch Broom some were more a subtle shade of pink than grey.
Ms. Lebowitz is brilliant on the subject of strollers, in vitro babies, her car ("it's such a subtle shade of pearl gray, straight men think it's white"), but she is hardly immune from the trite.
There was plenty of off-white, too: Jennifer Lopez wore an unapologetic scene-stealer of a frock – an on-brand shimmering, cleavage-bearing cape – while Sienna Miller went for edgy Miu Miu boho in a subtle shade of blush.
Her mother recalls Louise going to school aged 12 with green hair, being sent home, only to return with a subtle shade of aubergine, which they let her keep.
Painting our kitchen dresser a subtle shade of sage green probably wasn't one of them, but it was what my wife and I had unintentionally associated it with ever since I used it to soundtrack a hot and sensual session of kitchen makeover.
turning a subtle shade of crimson.
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The ceiling was painted with clouds in subtle shades of mauve and studded with purple stars.
The first reads: "Between subtle shading and the absence of light lies the nuance of iqlusion".
Colors include white and subtle shades like cream, ivory, linen and sand.
The palette for the entire composition runs to subtle shades of ivory and lilac.
This is the Iran of subtle shades that the country's Jews inhabit.
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