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Darkens certain colours (6)

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shades

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'colours' is the definition.
(shade is a kind of colour)

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(Other definitions for shades that I've seen before include "suspicions" , "Sunglasses, colloquially" , "Old ghosts or modern sunglasses" , "Cool sunglasses or archaic ghosts" , "Nuances" .)

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