Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 669 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark purple
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) dark green (d) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
27. 27.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) light green
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
35. 35.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black

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