Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 785 · 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 dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) lilac
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
16. 16.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) pink
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink

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