Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 572 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light blue
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black

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