Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 330 · 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) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) maroon
4. 4.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) light blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark red
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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