• n. A term that is borrowed from the French "nuance". It describes the technique of giving a subtle shade of a basic colour; a slight difference or variation in shade or tone.

• http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300053053 (Silk Heritage Thesaurus)

• Dyed (attribute)
• Nuance (fabric)

• Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press; Oxford; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com]

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