Meaning

• Noun

  1. A slight coloring.
  2. A pale or faint tinge of any color; especially, a variation of a color obtained by adding white (contrast shade)
  3. A color considered with reference to other very similar colors.
  4. A shaded effect in engraving, produced by the juxtaposition of many fine parallel lines.
  5. (informal) A vehicle window that has been darkened to conceal the occupant.

• Verb
• Contraction