Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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