Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 392 · 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) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) bottle green
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) pink
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark red
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) pink
20. 20.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
32. 32.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green
40. 40.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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