Color variation
The crossword clue "Color variation" is answered by SHADE, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHADE
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHADE answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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 SHADE
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHADE, most used first.
- Window covering - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
- Hue - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
- Window cover - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Relief from the sun - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Ghost - used 14 times, most recently in 2012
- Elm offering - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Nuance - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Lamp cover - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Parasol's offering - used 11 times, most recently in 2017
- Lamp covering - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Tint - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Protection from the sun - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Parasol offering - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- What a parasol provides - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
- Awning offering - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Shelter from the sun - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
- Sun protection - used 6 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.
- Hint of color - TINGE, used 104 times
- Lost color - PALED, used 66 times
- Loses color - PALES, used 56 times
- Drained of color - ASHEN, used 53 times
- Loses color - FADES, used 41 times
- Trace of color - TINGE, used 41 times
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