Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 62 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) lilac
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) sky blue
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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