Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 973 · 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 lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) pink
3. 3.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark green
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
25. 25.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
27. 27.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
28. 28.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light green (d) bottle green
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) light blue
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black

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