Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 113 · 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: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) dark red
10. 10.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) lilac

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