# Shade

Shade, Shades or Shading may refer to:
* Shade (color), a mixture of a color with black (often generalized as any variety of a color)
* Shade (shadow), the blocking of sunlight
* Shades or sunglasses
* Shading, a process used in art and graphic design
* Shade (mythology), the spirit or ghost of a dead person
* "Throw shade", slang term for an insulting remark

## Geography
### United States

* Shade, Kentucky
* Shade, Missouri
* Shade, Ohio
* Shade Gap, Pennsylvania
* Shade Township, Pennsylvania
* Shade Creek
* Shades Mountain

## People
### People with surname

* Absalom Shade (died 1862), Canadian businessman
* Will Shade (1898–1966), American musician
* Dave Shade (1902–1983), American boxer
* Ellen Shade (born 1944), American operatic soprano from New York
* Eric Shade (cricketer) (born 1943), Australian cricketer
* Eric Shade (footballer) (1912–1984), Australian rules footballer
* Hastings Shade (1941–2010), former deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation
* J. Norman Shade (1902–1985), American politician and businessman
* Mariah Shade (born 1991), Trinidadian soccer forward
* Nancy Shade (born 1949), soprano, singing-actress
* Ronnie Shade (1938–1986), Scottish professional golfer
* Sam Shade (born 1973), American assistant special teams coach and former football safety
* Rocky Shades (born 1960), English singer

### Given name

* Shade (rapper) (born 1987), Italian rapper, singer and voice actor
* Shade Munro (born 1966), Scottish rugby union player
* Shade Pratt (born 1993), American soccer player
* Shade Rupe (born 1968), American writer, editor, and filmmaker
* Shade Sheist (born 1979), American songwriter and recording artist

### Characters

* Shade (comics), an ambiguous villain in the DC universe
* Shade (Dungeons & Dragons), creatures in Dungeons & Dragons
* Shade (Ninjago), a character in Ninjago
* Shade (Silverwing character), a character in Kenneth Oppel's Silverwing series
* Shade (Sonic the Hedgehog), a character in Sonic Chronicles
* Shade, the Changing Man, a character in the Vertigo Comics imprint
* Shade, a character in Beyond Oasis
* Shade, a character in the Mana series
* Shade, a creature from The Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini
* Shades (comics), the name of a supervillain in Marvel Comics
* Hazel Shade, a character from Pale Fire
* John Shade, a character from Pale Fire

## Books

* Shade (novel), by Neil Jordan
* Shades (novel), a 1993 book by Marguerite Poland
* Shades series, a book series by Rob Hood
* "Shades" (story), an 1885 short story by Bolesław Prus
* Shade, the Changing Man (Vertigo), an American superhero comic book featuring the character of the same name

## Film and television

* Shade (film), a 2003 crime film by Damian Nieman
* Shades (film), a 1999 film by Erik Van Looy
* The Shade (film), a 1999 film by Raphael Nadjari
* Shades (TV series), a British television series
* Shade, a 2006 film starring Patrick Dempsey
* "Shade" (The Flash), an episode of The Flash

## Video games

* Shade (video game), a 2000 game by Andrew Plotkin
* Shade: Wrath of Angels, a 2004 Computer and Xbox game developed by Black Element Software
* SHADES, a Multi-user dungeon game that existed in the 1980s

## Music

* Shades (band), an American R&B group
* Shaed, an American indie pop trio

### Albums

* Shades (J. J. Cale album) (1981), the sixth album by J. J. Cale, released in 1981
* Shade (Holly Cole album) (2003), a studio album by Holly Cole
* Shades 1968–1998, a Deep Purple compilation album
* Shade (Murray Head album) (1983), the fifth studio album by Murray Head
* Shades (Andrew Hill album) (1988), an album by American jazz pianist Andrew Hill, recorded in 1986
* Shades (Keith Jarrett album) (1975), the fifth album on Impulse by jazz pianist Keith Jarrett
* Shade, disc two of Mike Oldfield's Light + Shade album
* Shades (Shades album), the only studio album by American R&B group Shades
* Shades (Yellowjackets album) (1986), the fourth studio album from the jazz group Yellowjackets
* Shade (Living Colour album), the sixth studio album by Living Colour

### Songs

* "Shades" (1985 song), a 1985 song accompanying commercials for Crown Paints
* "Shade" (Silverchair song) (1995), a song by Australian alternative rock band Silverchair
* "Shade", a 2007 song by The Tossers from Agony
* "Shade", a 2011 song by Nadia Oh from Colours
* "Shades", a 1987 song by Iggy Pop from Blah-Blah-Blah
* "Shades" (Alexandra Savior song), the debut single by American singer-songwriter Alexandra Savior
* "The Shade", a 2015 song by Metric from Pagans in Vegas
* "Shading", a song by All That Remains from the 2002 album Behind Silence and Solitude

## Other uses

* Shade 3D, a Japanese graphics software program
* Price shading, variable pricing of a product to different consumers
* Shade number, a rating of the protection offered by welding helmets
* WindowShade, a control panel in Mac OS 7.5
* Window shade, a type of window covering
* The Shades, a part of the twin-city Ankh-Morpork from the Discworld novels
* The Shade (sculpture) and The Three Shades, sculptures by Auguste Rodin