Howard, Frank: Colour, as a means of art: being an adaptation of the experience of professors to the practice of amateurs (London, 1838)

16 INTRODUCTION.

information respecting them, without hazarding
the charge of pedantry by limiting the signification
of certain words. Tints, Tones, and Shades of
Colour have been, and still are, too commonly
used so indiscriminately to mean the same and
different things, that no definite impression can be
given, unless there exist a previous knowledge of
the mode in which each word is applied. It will,
therefore, be necessary to explain the meanings
with which each word will be used in the present
work.

Tints are those specific and definite qualities of
colours, by which the individuals of a class are
distinguished from each other: as of Reds; Scarlet,
Crimson, Pink, Rose-colour, &c.: of Greens;
Apple-green, Olive-green, Pea-green, &c.: of
Yellows; Straw-colour, Amber, &c,: of Blues;
Sky-blue Garter-blue, Indigo, &c.

Shades of Colour imply the degree of bril-
liancy or depth, as bright or deep Crimson; light
or dark Blue.

Tones of Colour are of more general applica-
tion, as indicating the general aspect of classes of
Tints or Shades; and especially designating the
degree of warmth or coldness : as cool greens, warm
greys. There may be lighter and darker Shades of