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Chariot Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

tint

What is the difference between tint and shade? Thanks a lot.
  

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Hi, What is the difference between tint and shade? Thanks a lot. Speaking as someone who is not good at discussing and distinguishing colours, I offer you a couple of brief comments.

— Clive

  • Hi, What is the difference between tint and shade?
  • Thanks a lot.
  • Speaking as someone who is not good at discussing and distinguishing colours, I offer you a couple of brief comments.
  • shade This term is used when distinguishing one colour from another colour that is very similar.
  • tint This term is used when discussing changing one colour to another that is slightly different.
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Hi,

What is the difference between tint and shade? Thanks a lot.

Speaking as someone who is not good at discussing and distinguishing colours, I offer you a couple of brief comments.

shade This term is used when distinguishing one colour from another colour that is very similar.

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Could you give me a example to illustrate the way tint being most commonly used?

PS could you also help me to rephrase my question? It sounds so awkward and redundant.
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Artists use the word 'tint' to describe a lightened (whitened) version of a color, and 'shade' to describe a darkened (shaded) version of a color. ('Tint' is also used to indicate a slight amount of a color, as in "her skin had a greenish tint.").
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KanonathenaPS could you also help me to rephrase my question? It sounds so awkward and redundant.

Could you give me an example to illustrate the way the word 'tint' is most commonly used?

Could you give me an example of the common use of the word 'tint'?
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Thank you, really have leant something here.
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Thankyou so much clive...you have helped me with a school art assignment....do you know how hard it is to find the difference between a shade and a tint...even in the dictionary and on google?...well it's really hard...

anyway..thanks!
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Thankyou very much for this info ...and the handy pic...it has helped me with my school art assignment...thanks!
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Tints are when you make something lighter. Shading is the lightness or darkness of an object. Tints can be made by adding white to a color, and shades are adding black to a color
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