Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 724 · 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) sky blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pink
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) maroon
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light green (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
14. 14.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
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) light blue
26. 26.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark red
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light green

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