Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 706 · 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 light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark green
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pink
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
31. 31.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
34. 34.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True

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