Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 175 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.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
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) sky blue
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light green
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) maroon
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) lilac
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac

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