shades of

idiom

—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

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The palate features shades of vanilla caramel cream and warm oatmeal with cinnamon and nutmeg. —

Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024 DeBose says the movie shows complicated characters who are neither good nor evil, but shades of gray cutting both ways. —

Arturo Conde, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024 Both series are modern takes on the Indy formula, with different shades of good guy adventurers searching for relics and righteously kicking bad guy ass to prevent dangerous artifacts from falling into the wrong hands. —

Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024 Her clothing is all unmemorable shades of beige, gray, and cream, but her daintily white hair is cut into a bob that suggests a Tudor-era gable hood or a nun’s veil. —

Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shades of