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Color Theory defines a True Shade​ as any pure Hue or mixture of pure colors with only Black added. In other words, it contains absolutely no White or Gray.

A Shade darkens the color. It remains the same Hue only a darker version. As has been noted above, even a small amount of White or Gray added to a color, transforms it into a Tone.

Therefore a Shade can range from slightly darker than your original color, all the way to nearly Black with barely any of the color mixed in.

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