Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 408 · 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) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark green
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) sky blue
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) sky blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) palette (d) colour wheel
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac

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