Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 320 · 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.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark green
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pink
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) sky blue
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red

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