Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 102 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (White up, black down): Tint = colour + white (lighter): pink, sky blue, light green, lilac, pale yellow. Shade = colour + black (darker): maroon, navy blue, dark green, bottle green, dark purple. Tone = colour + grey. Mixing a tint, start with white and add colour a little at a time; a row from white to black is a value scale.

1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
2. 2.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark purple
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) navy blue
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light green
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
31. 31.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green

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