Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 535 · 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 sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) maroon
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) light green (d) light blue
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark red
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light green
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green

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