Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 872 · 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 shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark red
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
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 black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
18. 18.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) light green
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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