What is "undertones"

Usage examples of "undertones".

The spotlight caressed undertones from her body parts, from the flat surfaces of the oddly jointed limbs, from what appeared to be the vestigial wings joined to the upper torso at what would be shoulder-height, running down to the nipped-in waist and half-opened over the bulging lower body.

People were talking in undertones, the mumbles and shuffles associated with theaters and churches.

She saw girls, neat as dolls in their blue and white uniforms, speaking in undertones as was expected in the great hall.