Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 730 · 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 bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
6. 6.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
12. 12.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) light green
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark red
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
20. 20.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.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
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) maroon
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pink (d) bottle green
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red

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