Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 980 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pink (d) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
9. 9.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
25. 25.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) bottle green
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
28. 28.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) maroon (d) dark red
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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