Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 653 · 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) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) light green
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
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) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) navy blue
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) lilac
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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