Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 900 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
8. 8.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark red
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark red
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) light green (d) dark green

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