Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 755 · 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.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
3. 3.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) navy blue
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) bottle green

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