Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 437 · 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) lilac (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
9. 9.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) maroon
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
15. 15.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light blue
27. 27.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) navy blue
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pink
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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