Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 163 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light green (d) lilac
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark red
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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