shades

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Posting a photo of the designs they have selected, Lorenze revealed a mix of red and blue paint shades, as well as white fabrics patterned with deep red and blue flowers.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Across brands, brighter colors such as red and yellow tended to contain more lead than less vibrant shades.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2026

In the clip, under a white fur coat, he was rocking the same American flag shades and red, white and blue suit and tie he had worn on the stand Tuesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Two smaller chapels—one blood red, and the other white—contrast with the interior’s shades of gray, as do stained-glass and hand-painted windows, which, in handwriting, call out the Virgin by name, “Marie.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

His skin shifted colors and shades, dappled in the autumn light filtering through the trees, and sometimes he matched the trees around him so well that it looked like he was made of bark.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack