Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 112 · 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.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
5. 5.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
8. 8.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
12. 12.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) sky blue
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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