Shades of color
The crossword clue "Shades of color" is answered by TONES, a 5-letter entry. Used 24 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
TONES
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TONES answer page.
Used 24 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1959. 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
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Other clues for TONES
Every other clue in this collection answered by TONES, most used first.
- Musical sounds - used 60 times, most recently in 2026
- Shades - used 40 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.
- 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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