Which term is defined as the opposite of shade and involves lightening a color by adding white?

• A. Achromatic
• B. Black
• C. Chroma
• D. Tint

Answer: (C)

Understanding how color value changes when you add white or black helps you describe what you see in painting. When you add white to a color, you produce a lighter version called a tint, which is the opposite of shade, where a color is darkened by adding black. Achromatic describes colors without hue, like grayscale. Chroma refers to how pure or saturated a color is, not its lightness. So the term that fits the description of lightening a color by white and stands as the opposite of shade is tint.