Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 116 · 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) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
19. 19.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark green
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) dark green

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