Highlights
Shades and highlights are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shades" instead a verb "Highlights".
Shades
Shades noun - Spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun.
Highlights and shades are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Highlights" instead a verb "Shades".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Meanwhile, her pilot suit has shades of pink and blue, in reference to how her pilot suit in the previous incarnation would have either pink or blue highlights.
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In Marie Antoinette, before she goes to France, she is very clearly seen with a modern hairstyle, complete with hair cut in layers and multiple shades of highlights.
Source: Improbable Hairstyle -
Varying shades◊ of orange◊ or light brown aren't uncommon, either, and sometimes they're even drawn as Technicolor Eyes, with red shading and cream highlights on a gold base.
Source: Video Game / Solatorobo
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