Honestly I am completely confused. There is this debate going on in my class if black is a shade of a color. My honest reaction was: ARE U DUMB?!!! What if your t-shirt is black and I would come up to you and ask what color your shirt is bc I dunno I'm colorblind? I dare you to tell me: OMG Adrienne YOU'RE SO STUPID!! BLACK IS A SHADE LIKE OBVI!! (I kid you not some of my classmates talk like that.) a shade OF WHATT!!! If you dat with like meaning skin color, OK u understand me. But MY TSHIRT IS NOT A SHADE IT IS A COLOR... shmr poota.