Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 324 · 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 darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light green
9. 9.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light green
25. 25.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark green
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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