Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 123 · 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: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True

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