Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 344 · 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 green (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) sky blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark green
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pink
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue

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