Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 192 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light green
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
12. 12.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.True or false: light green 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light green
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue

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