Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 675 · 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 pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
21. 21.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) pink (d) bottle green
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
24. 24.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) maroon
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: dark purple 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.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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