Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 650 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark green
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
20. 20.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark red
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) light green
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) dark green
33. 33.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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