Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 249 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark purple
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red

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