Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 716 · 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) maroon (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) light blue
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark purple
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white

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