"Shades of Cool" is a song by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her third studio album, Ultraviolence (2014).

Commercially, the single peaked at number 79 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and entered the top 40 of a few record charts in Europe.

[2] Her "operatic" soprano vocals blending with "trademark wailing vibrato" create a ghostly atmosphere on "Shades of Cool".

"[6] Meanwhile, "Shades of Cool" was characterized as a "seeping, atmospheric" ballad that contrasts the more "pop-savvy swaggering 'West Coast'" by Billboard's Colin Stutz.

[6] Saran Shetty of Slate called "Shades of Cool" "a beautiful, brooding return to form [for Del Rey]", and opined that the single would "fit perfectly" in a James Bond theme track.

[5] Likewise, Rolling Stone's Calyn Ganz wrote that the track "would be perfect for a James Bond film directed by Quentin Tarantino.