What Is Tone in Art Terms ?

What is tone?
Almost every color we see in our day-to-day world has been toned either a little or a lot. This makes for more appealing color combinations.

A Tone is created by adding both White and Black which is grey. Any color that is "greyed down" is considered a Tone.

Tones are somehow more pleasing to the eye. They are more complex, subtle and sophisticated. Tone is also known as Values / “Chiaroscuro” (Italian word for Light & Dark), when tone is applied on a 2D image it gives them volume (3D).

Artists usually mix a little grey in every paint mixture to adjust the value and intensity of their pigment. Tones are the best choice for most interior decorating because they're more interesting. They work well in any Color Scheme you might plan

Chiaro (Light) Scuro (Dark)

Chiaroscuro is the technique of using light and shade in pictorial representation it is the arrangement of light and dark elements in a pictorial work of art. Contrasting effects of light and shade in a work of art.LEONARDO DA VINCI brought the technique to its full potential, but it is usually associated with such 17th-century artists as CARAVAGGIO and REMBRANDT, who used it to outstanding effect. The chiaroscuro woodcut, produced by printing different tones of a colour from separate woodblocks on a single sheet of paper, was first produced in 16th-century Italy.

This representation shows the elements that make Chiaroscuro Light, Shadow, Cast shadow reflected light and high-light.