Fade
Clipper work that blends hair from skin at the bottom to longer lengths higher up, with no visible line.
Also: skin fade, bald fade
A fade is a short cut where the hair shortens smoothly down the sides and back, often all the way to bare skin. Barbers work up the head with clippers on longer and longer guard settings, then blend each step by flicking the clippers out and adjusting the lever, until no line shows. A low fade begins just above the ears, a mid fade at the temple and a high fade near the top of the head. The fade has deep roots in Black American barbering.