Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 580 · 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) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
33. 33.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon

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