Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 271 · 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 the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light blue
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark green (d) maroon
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light green
14. 14.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
24. 24.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green

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