Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 809 · 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) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark green
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
15. 15.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
17. 17.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
20. 20.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) bottle green
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) bottle green
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white

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