Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 361 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
16. 16.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
17. 17.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) lilac

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