Medium and Tone

Medium

Medium noun - A middle point between extremes.

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Tone and medium are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tone" instead a noun "Medium".

Nearby Word: media

Tone noun - A distinctive way of putting ideas into words.

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Medium and tone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Medium" instead a noun "Tone".

Nearby Words: toneless, toned, toning, tonal

high	high medium	high tone
exact	exact medium	exact tone
natural	natural medium	natural tone
appropriate	appropriate medium	appropriate tone
Other adjectives: original, proper, single, entire, serious, happy, new, general, different, comic.

Medium Awareness: While narrating a flashback, Grandpa Abe mentions that it happened so long ago he'll have to describe it in sepia tone.

Source: Video Game / The Simpsons: Hit & Run
Ambiguously Brown: Rudger, who has no discernible ethnic background, is always depicted with a medium to dark brown skin tone.

Source: Anime / Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Hair Color Dissonance: Shouko's hair is a medium brown but quite a few official colors give her a red, almost pink, tone.

Source: Manga / Koe No Katachi

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