Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 298 · 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.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) lilac
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) bottle green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) pink
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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