Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 153 · 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 black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
4. 4.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) bottle green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) navy blue
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light green (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
15. 15.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) dark purple
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) light green
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.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
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) dark purple
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
40. 40.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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