Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 541 · 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 red (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
8. 8.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) maroon
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) bottle green
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
32. 32.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pink

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