Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 187 · 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) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
6. 6.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
39. 39.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue

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