Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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