Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 220 · 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: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark green (d) pink
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
9. 9.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
27. 27.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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