Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 345 · 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.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) navy blue
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) lilac
9. 9.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
19. 19.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
38. 38.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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