Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 550 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
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) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
6. 6.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) dark red
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light green
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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