Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 168 · 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 colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.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
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
7. 7.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark purple
17. 17.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
18. 18.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) navy blue
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) sky blue
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
39. 39.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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