(n)shade, shadiness, shadowinessrelative darkness caused by light rays being intercepted by an opaque body“it is much cooler in the shade”, “there's too much shadiness to take good photographs”
(n)shade, tint, tincture, tonea quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color“after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
(n)nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinementa subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude“without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor”, “don't argue about shades of meaning”
(n)tad, shadea slight amount or degree of difference“a tad too expensive”, “not a tad of difference”, “the new model is a shade better than the old one”
(n)ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrea mental representation of some haunting experience“he looked like he had seen a ghost”, “it aroused specters from his past”