Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 966 · 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: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pink
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) pink
10. 10.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pink
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green
35. 35.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light blue
38. 38.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
40. 40.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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