Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 723 · 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) light blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
7. 7.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) dark green (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
10. 10.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
17. 17.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
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light green (d) lilac
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) navy blue
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) sky blue
33. 33.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light green
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True

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