Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 310 · 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: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark green
7. 7.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
18. 18.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) light green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) sky blue
31. 31.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) maroon
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark red
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white

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