Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 969 · 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.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark red
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
12. 12.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) bottle green
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light green (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) sky blue
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) pink
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) lilac
39. 39.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True

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