Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 169 · 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 red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) maroon
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) lilac
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon

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