Read the sentence.

When black and white are mixed together to add to a color, it is called _[blank]_.

Which option correctly completes the sentence?

a tint

a tone

a shade

a hue

A shade is the best answer for this. Black is the absence of color making it a shade and white is the presence of color also making it a shade. two shades make another shade.

Shade - any hue to which black has been added

Tint - any hue to which white has been added to make the color lighter or pastel.