Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 212 · 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: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) black to colour
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) lilac
8. 8.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light green
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) light green
33. 33.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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