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Colours vs Shades - What's the difference?

colours | shades |

As nouns the difference between colours and shades

is that colours is while shades is .

As verbs the difference between colours and shades

is that colours is (colour) while shades is (shade).

colours

English

Alternative forms

* colors (US)

Noun

(head)
  • English plurals
  • (plurale tantum, nautical) The national flag flown by a ship at sea.
  • (plurale tantum) The British military ceremony of raising the flag.
  • (sports, snooker) The balls that score more than one point in snooker. Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (colour)

    • shades

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (pluralonly, slang) sunglasses
    • His shades are by some famous designer.

    Synonyms

    * (sunglasses) sunglasses, sunnies (Australian English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (shade)

    • Anagrams

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