Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 543 · 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) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light green
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) sky blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) bottle green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
23. 23.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pink
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light green (d) light blue
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark green
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
36. 36.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light green
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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