Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 115 · 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 white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pale yellow
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark green
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
10. 10.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light green (d) lilac
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) black to colour
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
34. 34.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) lilac
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red

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