shades of

phrase

—used to say what or who one is reminded of when looking at or thinking about someone or something

a former actor who's now a politician—shades of Ronald Reagan

Examples of shades of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Wotherspoon’s Air Max 1/97 featured a Light Blue Fury/Lemon Wash colorway which combined pastel shades of green, purple, blue, pink, gray and yellow across an upper fully constructed from corduroy. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026

All shades of brown have also been a part of 2025’s color story, from deep chocolate to sandy tones. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026

That means driverless cars going really fast, and occasionally crashing, could look spectacular (shades of the cult film Death Race 2000) on various streaming platforms. — Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2026

But most visitors were gathered around one explosively colorful painting in swirling shades of light and dark blue, bottle green, and pale gold. — Joan Martelli, Time, 17 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for shades of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove