Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 43 · 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) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
38. 38.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) navy blue
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple

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