Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 50 · 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 paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pink
6. 6.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
38. 38.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light blue

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