Color in painting and design use the elements of colors- tint, shade and tone. At this stage it is necessary to explain the elements and distinguish their characteristics and properties.
Tint
Tine- “Tint is the mixture of colors with white which increases lightness ...”
Shade- “shade is the mixture of a color with black, which reduces lightness.”
Tint and shade are the two opposite techniques that are used by all the designers and artists in order to create pleasing attractive appearance of the product. Based on the choice every designer would choose lighter tint or darker shade for creating the desired composition or effect. The above examples
Rubens’s paintings (plae8.A) reflect the style of Renaissance period that shows their fascination towards the soft tint and tonal variations with the help of shading. Similarly Ravi Verma’s painting (plate 8.B) shows the application of tint and shade in his painting. The example of the product (plate 8.C) uses the combination of tint and shade both to create attractive appearance. The shade of silver-gray of the product and contrast of red color tint makes attractive combination. Hence the application of tint and shade with balance proportion can create better visual appeal.
The gradation of colors based on hues applied may create three dimensional effects. It produces the illusion of 3-D on a 2-D surface plane. The gradation of color is basically intends to create softer blurring effects compare to hard-edge contours.
