Learner video: Tints and shades

This Art and design video guides learners through the process of mixing tints and shades by gradually adding black or white paint to a starting colour. Learners begin by painting a patch of their chosen colour, then explore how adding small amounts of black creates increasingly darker shades, and how adding white produces lighter tints. This activity helps learners understand how colour can be adjusted to create mood, contrast, and depth in their artwork.

This video is part of Kapow’s Art and design resources, which support the Cambridge Primary Art & Design framework. As part of the Light and dark unit, this lesson builds learners’ confidence in colour mixing and prepares them for more expressive painting techniques later in the unit.

Art and design, Stage 4, Unit 2: Painting and mixed media: Light and dark, Lesson 1: Tints and shades