Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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