Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 433 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) pink (d) lilac
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light green (d) light blue
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) pink (d) maroon
23. 23.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark green
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) lilac

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