Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 154 · 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 lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark purple
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) maroon
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark purple

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