shades
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Thick haze turned the skies in Indonesia's Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
It can appear in various shades - from orange to cream - and has now spread to several seaside locations across the UK.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Around the islands, shallow waters glow in brilliant shades of turquoise, contrasting sharply with the dark blue of the deeper surrounding ocean.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
A corona of cosmic doom shades the horizon of “Miss Wolcott’s Ghost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
It was beautiful, though, extraordinarily so; the trees were a thousand shades of brown and jade and silver-gray.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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