Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 501 · 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.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
5. 5.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
21. 21.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) lilac
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red

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