Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 445 · 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) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) maroon
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
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) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark red
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
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) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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