Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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