Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 386 · 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 lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark green
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark green
15. 15.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark green
29. 29.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light green
34. 34.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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