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Separate Tints and Shades in a Paint Model - Practice 1

In this simplified paint vocabulary, adding white makes a tint and adding black makes a shade.

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In this simplified paint vocabulary, adding white makes a tint and adding black makes a shade. Actual pigment mixtures vary. Do not confuse these operations with mixing colored lights. No paint experiment is required.

Worked example

Blue paint mixed with white is called a tint of blue in this model; blue with black is a shade.

Three labeled swatches show blue, a lighter blue labeled plus white: tint, and a darker blue labeled plus black: shade. These are schematic paint terms, not additive light mixtures.
Three labeled swatches show blue, a lighter blue labeled plus white: tint, and a darker blue labeled plus black: shade. These are schematic paint terms, not additive light mixtures.
Question 1 Paint model 1: blue mixed with white. Which term fits?
Question 2 Paint model 2: red mixed with black. Which term fits?
Question 3 Paint model 3: green mixed with white. Which term fits?
Question 4 Paint model 4: violet mixed with black. Which term fits?
Question 5 Paint model 5: orange mixed with white. Which term fits?

Make It Your Own

Optional theme: a surprising delivery. Plan a picture using one hue with a light tint and a dark shade. Label the mixtures on paper; use safe familiar art materials only with adult guidance. You may draw, write or tell your idea. Use invented characters and places; no personal information or upload is needed. This activity is not scored.

Reflect on your choices

  • Distinguish adding white from adding black in the stated model.
  • Explain one intentional choice and one possible alternative.
  • There is no required style or single correct creative response.