Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 831 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) pale yellow
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
36. 36.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) lilac
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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