Travelling, our quest touring Italy to find shade (9)
I believe the answer is:
turquoise
'shade' is the definition.
(I know that turquoise is a shade)
'travelling our quest touring italy' is the wordplay.
'travelling' indicates an anagram.
'touring' indicates putting letters inside (touring can mean going round).
'italy' becomes 'i'.
'our'+'quest'='ourquest'
'ourquest' is an anagram of 'turquose'.
'turquose' placed around 'i' is 'TURQUOISE'.
'to find' is the link.
(Other definitions for turquoise that I've seen before include "Shade of blue - gemstone" , "Birthstone for December" , "Bluey-green" , "Greenish-blue stone" , "not quite green" .)