Most shades match those of autumn leaves: bronze, gold, yellow, red, maroon, even white.

This was later modified so that the shade of blue matched that of the Bavarian coat of arms of the first King of Greece, Otto.

The windows' plain white shades matched the bare white walls.

The shade of blue on the jersey did not match the shade of blue in the logo, and the stripes down the side of the pants had absolutely nothing to do with the stripes down the side of the jersey.

The subtler shades of his shirts and socks matched the gray of his temples.

Through dense rush-hour traffic, further slowed by the intermittent rain and patches of fog, they drove along a river whose shade perfectly matched the ocean they had just survived.

For one thing, the playwright's ear for detail is devastating, and Mr. Cox finds exactly the right vocal shades of contempt to match it.

Mr. Perfection has a new dog, Sarah, a blond Labrador retriever, whose shade matches his parchment-color walls and his Mercedes-Benz.

The shades and bases match in a range of lush colors: terra-cotta red, soft green, deep violet and opal white.

The brown shade of their eyes matched, and except for a difference in, hairstyles and a few shades of tint, they might have passed for sisters.