Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 173 · 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 blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
21. 21.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) sky blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple

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