Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 878 · 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.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) lilac
24. 24.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green

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