Question

What is the difference between tint and shade in color?

Answer 1

Tint is the addition of white to a color to add highlights, and shade is adding black to a color to add shade.

Answer 2

As nouns the difference between tint and shade is that tint is a slight coloring while shade is (uncountable) darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. is that tint is (intransitive) to shade, to color while shade is to shield from light.