Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 197 · 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) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) lilac
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) sky blue
22. 22.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) lilac
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light green
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black

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