Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 217 · 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: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) navy blue
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
17. 17.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
21. 21.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) lilac
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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