Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 726 · 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 paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light green (d) sky blue
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light green
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) pink
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
35. 35.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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