Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 114 · 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 blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark green
33. 33.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
37. 37.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pink
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red

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