Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 605 · 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: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pale yellow
14. 14.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
27. 27.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) maroon
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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