Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 124 · 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 make a tint? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark green
7. 7.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark green
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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