Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 596 · 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) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
2. 2.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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