Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 758 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light green
2. 2.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
14. 14.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light green (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light blue
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) navy blue
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) maroon
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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