Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 992 · 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 shade (b) a tint
2. 2.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
10. 10.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
11. 11.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) sky blue
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) lilac
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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