Shade of color
The crossword clue "Shade of color" is answered by HUE, a 3-letter entry. Used 48 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
HUE
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the HUE answer page.
Used 48 times across 18 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2002. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- TINT (4 uses in xd)
Other clues for HUE
Every other clue in this collection answered by HUE, most used first.
- Shade - used 310 times, most recently in 2026
- Tint - used 122 times, most recently in 2026
- Coloration - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
- Cry's partner - used 46 times, most recently in 2024
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 tree - ELM, used 437 times
- Blond shade - ASH, used 151 times
- Color TV pioneer - RCA, used 142 times
- Blonde shade - ASH, used 95 times
- Shade source - ELM, used 68 times
- Sandy color - TAN, used 47 times
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