The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TONES , but the solution may also be HUES which is one of the most recent solution (2025 in New York Times).
Shades of color crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TONES | 63 % | 5 |
| HUES | 25 % | 4 |
| TINTS | 13 % | 5 |
Why may HUES be the right solution?
"HUES" is the right answer because it is a synonym for shades of color. It refers to the variety of colors present in a particular spectrum.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shades of color
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- hues
- tones
- tints
- mottle
- brown
- gradate
- dapple
- grayscale
- monochromatic
- monochrome
- oak
- onyx
Crossword Answer definitions
TONES noun- A specific pitch.
- (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- General character, mood, or trend.
- The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
- The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- State of mind; temper; mood.
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
- Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- A gun
- To give a particular tone to
- To change the colour of
- To make (something) firmer
- To harmonize, especially in colour
- To utter with an affected tone.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TONES
- Accents
- Dispositions
- Earth ____ (browns)
- Shades
- Sound qualities
- Earth __ (browns)
- Gets fit
- Strengthens
- They may be pear-shaped
- Ambient music selections
More clues leading to the result HUES
- Spectrum areas
- Shades
- The Indian on the buffalo nickel, e.g.
- Crayon choices
- The colors purple, e.g.
- Rainbow components
- Palette options
- Palette array
- Swatch assortment
- Color gradations