Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 863 · 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 navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
4. 4.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
13. 13.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pink (d) lilac
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) maroon
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
39. 39.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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