Tints and Shades Worksheet

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

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