Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 316 · 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) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark purple
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark red
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) sky blue
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) light blue
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark red
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pink
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac

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