Shade
The crossword clue "Shade" is answered by COLOR, a 5-letter entry. Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
COLOR
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the COLOR answer page.
Used 21 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for COLOR
Every other clue in this collection answered by COLOR, most used first.
- Use crayons - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
- Hue - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
- Red, white or blue - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Tint - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Crayola choice - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Decorator's decision - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Misrepresent - used 9 times, most recently in 2013
- Amber or umber - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Draw with crayons - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- "The __ of Money" - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
- "The ___ Purple" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Shade of green - OLIVE, used 51 times
- Green shade - OLIVE, used 47 times
- Purple shade - LILAC, used 47 times
- Purple shade - MAUVE, used 47 times
- Hosiery shade - TAUPE, used 46 times
- Brown shade - UMBER, used 32 times
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