shade

• The usual sky blue, if the shade is a little more eye-catching (which City hope to be next season), with white on the top of the sleeves. —  Football.co.uk news feed
• Considering how unique the shade is and its sellout status, I was willing to bet on it. —  All Lacquered Up
• Coolness and shade prevailed there; the shade was almost a gloom, which did not, however, prevent him who entered from seeing the yellow walls and pillars, covered with lines of paintings. —  The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
• Then, though the sun does not yet scorch the traveller, the shade is already a heavenly refreshment; and though a man is not parched with thirst, a cold draught from the Fountain of Egeria is more delicious than any wine, and under the ancient trees of the pagan grove the rose-purple cyclamens and the dark wood-violets are still blooming side by side. —  Stradella
• The boiled out wool is worked below the surface of the liquor for about three minutes, then taken out, and the excess of liquor squeezed back into the vat, the whole operation is repeated until the shade is arrived at. —  The Dyeing of Woollen Fabrics

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