Subdued shade
The crossword clue "Subdued shade" is answered by PASTEL, a 6-letter entry. Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
PASTEL
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the PASTEL answer page.
Used 9 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 7 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.
- SOFTCOLOR (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for PASTEL
Every other clue in this collection answered by PASTEL, most used first.
- Soft shade - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Soft hue - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Soft color - used 12 times, most recently in 2023
- Subdued color - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Delicate hue - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
- Light color - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
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.
- Red shade - CERISE, used 31 times
- Shade of blue - COBALT, used 29 times
- Shade of red - CERISE, used 20 times
- Shade - NUANCE, used 13 times
- Shade of red - TOMATO, used 12 times
- Shade of red - MAROON, used 10 times
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