Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 526 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) sky blue
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) bottle green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
20. 20.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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