| SFUMATO | Painting technique of allowing tones and colours to shade gradually into each other (7) |
| OPART | Visual art movement of the 1960s which used geometric shapes, lines and colours to create optical illusions (2,3) |
| WEATHER | Meteorological conditions whose traditional means of prediction according to lore include observing animal behaviour, cloud shapes and colours of the sky (7) |
| MACARON | Sweet meringue-based French confectionery made in a variety of flavours and colours (7) |
| ICINESS | A lack of affection; coldness of tone and manner (7) |
| SPLICES | Rope joins created by weaving the strands of two ropes into each other |
| COLLUDE | Play into each other's hands in using an old clue (7) |
| PALETTE | Assistant gets short written note, specifying range of colours to be used |
| INKBLOT | Stain of various shapes and colours used in the Rorschach test (3,4) |
| CALANDO | With gradually decreasing tone and speed in music Alan dominated (7) |
| AMBIENT | Genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere (7) |
| KITSCHY | Gaudy outfit, embarrassed about colours to begin with (7) |
| RUNAWAY | Debut single by Australian singer Tones and I, Johnny ___ (3,4) |
| COLLIDE | Smash into each other |
| MANNERS | Bad _, two-tone and ska band led by Buster Bloodvessel (7) |
| HEATMAP | Data visualization that uses colors to show magnitude |
| OMBRE | Having graduated tones of colour that shade into each other (5) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
