Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 989 · 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 is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark green
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) sky blue
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) pink
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) dark green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
31. 31.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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