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Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many shades in between.

To avoid repetition with another sentence, I want to find another way to say "in between". Can I use these alternatives with basically the same meaning?

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many shades throughout.

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many shades through.

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many shades in the way.

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many shades across.

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many interjacent shades. (Is this too formal?)

Are there better options?

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    No, none of those implies in between (well, interjacent does but it's much too formal). Intermediate shades would work.
    – Kate Bunting
    Apr 30, 2020 at 8:53
  • I've never heard "interjacent" before, in 74 years.
    – Jack O'Flaherty
    Apr 30, 2020 at 11:52

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Aside from interjacent, which is not very common, none of the alternatives mentioned in the question have the same meaning.

A more common adjective is intermediate:

1 : being or occurring at the middle place, stage, or degree or between extremes
// an intermediate stage of growth

So:

Things aren't always black and white as people think. There are many intermediate shades.

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