Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 136 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pink (d) sky blue
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) bottle green
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) dark green
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pink
19. 19.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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