Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 936 · 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: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) pink (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pale yellow
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) maroon
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
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 tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) maroon
37. 37.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red

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