Color tone Crossword Clue

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SHADE

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(noun)
1. the quality of a color as determined by its dominant wavelength
(verb)
1. suffuse with color
2. take on color or become colored

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

COLOR (noun)
1. any material used for its color
2. (physics) the characteristic of quarks that determines their role in the strong interaction
COLOR (adjective)
1. having or capable of producing colors
COLOR (verb)
1. decorate with colors
2. give a deceptive explanation or excuse for
TONE (noun)
1. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
2. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
TONE (verb)
1. give a healthy elasticity to
2. vary the pitch of one’s speech

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SHADE
(5 letters)

More Newsday Crossword (5/26/2026) Answers

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14. Arrived

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18. Ram's zodiac sign

19. Short on cash

22. Get a look at

23. Animal's lair

24. Commits robbery

28. Dusting cloth

30. Spanish water

34. President from 2009 to 2017

35. Plumbing tubes

37. Clip-___ (some neckties)

38. Declining in skill

41. U-turn from WSW

42. Get into clothes

43. Seaweed

44. Get money for

46. Had a meal

47. Moves sneakily

48. Be helpful to

51. Short footrace

60. Central Florida city

61. Scream

62. China's continent

63. Santa's helpers

64. Roof overhang

65. Multi-store shopping venue

66. Puts into words

67. Tool storage building

68. Dalmatian's mark

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Down

1. Gourmet cook

2. Part for an actor

3. Otherwise

4. Hand out playing cards

5. Movie excerpts

6. Extra __ eggs

7. Fail to mention

8. Computer expert, for short

9. Docking area

10. Dublin's country

11. Actor Baldwin

12. Small snack

15. __ Canaveral, FL

20. Aruba or Cuba

21. Border lines?

24. Boot bottoms

25. Type of steak

26. Painter's tripod

27. Male friend, in French

28. Wash suds from

29. Chimps and gorillas

31. Charge too much

32. Open, as toothpaste

33. Fire remnants

35. Rhyme writer

36. Gawked at

39. Exam mark

40. Spanish cheer

45. Soup-serving utensils

47. In ringlets, as hair

49. Nest egg plans: Abbr.

50. Divide in two

51. Weed-chopping tools

52. Sch. near Hollywood

53. Sea-based military force

54. Gives a new color to

55. Informal assent

56. River blockers

57. Without delay, in a memo

58. Rural storage tower

59. Sentry's 'Stop!'

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