Shades of gray at the top of the axis to black at the bottom of the axis. At right is displayed the web color "Gainsboro" "Gainsboro" is a pale tone of gray. Prior to standardization as a web color, "Gainsboro" was included as one of the X11 color names. It was, however, absent from the original 1987 version of the list, but present in Paul Raveling's version which added, amongst other things, "[l]ight and off-white colors, copied from several Sinclair Paints color samples". At right is displayed the web color "light gray" Displayed at right is the web color "silver" This color is
Throw shade Throw shade The expressions "throw shade, "throwing shade", or simply "shade", are slang terms used to describe insults. Merriam-Webster defines "shade" as "subtle, sneering expression of contempt for or disgust with someone—sometimes verbal, and sometimes not" . OxfordDictionaries.com defines "throw shade" as a phrase used to "publicly criticize or express contempt for someone". The slang version of "shade" originated from the black and Latino gay communities, and was initially strictly used by those communities. The first major use of "shade" that introduced the slang to the greater public was in the documentary film "Paris Is Burning" (1990), which is about