Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 536 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) light green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
17. 17.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black

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