Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 581 · 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.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) sky blue
22. 22.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) maroon
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green

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