Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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