Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 657 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) sky blue
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) bottle green
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark red
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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