Shades of color (5)

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tones

'shades of color' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for tones that I've seen before include "Shades" , "Tints of colour" , "Qualities of colour, music or speech" , "Told about the silly ass" , "Qualities of people's voices" .)

I've seen this clue in the USA Today, the L.A. Times Daily, the Universal, The Washington Post, the New York Times and the Newsday.com.

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