Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 356 · 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) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark green
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark red
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pink
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark green
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) navy blue
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark green
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False

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