Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 515 · 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.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pink
7. 7.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
9. 9.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark green
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) sky blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) dark purple
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark green
30. 30.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
34. 34.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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