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Shades are the relative darkness of an object and tints the relative lightness.
The rules for shading, using darks and lights to give depth, are that the farther away an object is from the viewer's eye, the darker and less intense the color. Conversely, the closer the object is the lighter and more intense the color. Using several shades of a color will give a greater sense of depth and heighten the illusion caused when the viewer's eye blends the different shades together. A shade is created when black is added to a pure hue. In the example above the pure hue, blue, is the furthest square on the right.