| SFUMATO | A painting technique of allowing tones and colors to shade gradually into one another |
| PENUMBRA | Part of a picture where light and shade blend into one another (8) |
| TEMPERA | A paint and a painting technique |
| SYNESTHESIA | Neuropsychological trait in which one might ascribe colors to numbers or tastes to words |
| KINDERGARTEN | A class full of kids who are busy learning to read, count and color |
| DAYMARK | the pattern and color of a lighthouse, making it visible to mariners during the day |
| PRISMS | In optics, triangular blocks of crystal or glass used to disperse white light into visible spectral colours, to deviate rays or to rectify inverted images in binoculars (6) |
| LIGHT | Electromagnetic radiation made of photons; bright part of a picture, as opposed to shade; or, knowledge (5) |
| INTARSIA | Decorative form of woodworking similar to marquetry, in which different types and colours of wood are used to create designs; Italian, 'inlay' (8) |
| ABSTRACTART | Style of painting that uses bold shapes and colours, with Wassily Kandinsky a leading exponent (8,3) |
| SELFINDULGENCE | The act of allowing yourself to have the things that you enjoy very much (4-10) |
| AFTERYOU | Polite way of allowing second person to go first (5,3) |
| SLUR | Pronounce indistinctly so that the sounds run into one another |
| DIAPASON | A whole compass of tones and soap I composed (8) |
| TONI | Singer Watson, a.k.a. Tones and I, with the 2019 hit "Dance Monkey" |
| DIATONIC | Of a musical scale, based on an octave containing five whole tones and two separated semitones (8) |
| DANCEMONKEY | 2019 hit for Tones and I with a sign of the Chinese zodiac in its title: 2 wds. |
| BELCANTO | A lyrical style of operatic singing using a rich tone and smooth phrasing (3,5) |
| ICINESS | A lack of affection; coldness of tone and manner (7) |
| HOISTABANNER | Show one of the colours to surprise winner from academy getting notice (5,1,6) |
