Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 923 · 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: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
6. 6.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) light green
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark green
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) bottle green
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green

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