Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 843 · 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 light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pink
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark red
21. 21.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) dark green
27. 27.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light green
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) maroon
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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