Color Names

Sonora Shade

Desert dust, the colour of a Mexican state's dry, shaded spots.

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Sonora Shade is a muted beige, close to brown.

It can be described as muted, dull, matte and soft.

Set in black, because black reads best on it.

Sonora Shade

Sonora

Sonora, officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora, is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into 72 municipalities. The capital and largest city is Hermosillo, located in the center of the state. Other large cities include Ciudad Obregón, Nogales, San Luis Río Colorado and Navojoa.

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Tint, shade and tone

In color theory, a tint is a mixture of a color with white, which increases lightness, while a shade is a mixture with black, which increases darkness. A tone is produced either by mixing a color with gray, or by both tinting and shading. Mixing a color with any neutral color reduces the chroma, or colorfulness, while the perceived hue can be affected slightly.

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shade

Noun

  1. Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
  2. Something that blocks light, particularly in a window.

Verb

  1. To shield (someone or something) from light.
  2. To shield oneself from light.
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