Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 160 · 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 green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) maroon
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) light blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) maroon
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) maroon (d) lilac
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light blue
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
22. 22.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
27. 27.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
30. 30.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.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
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False

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