Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 166 · 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 red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) maroon
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) light green (d) light blue
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) navy blue
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) black to colour
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink

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