Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 208 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
4. 4.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) pink (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) light blue
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) dark red
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
26. 26.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light green (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pink
40. 40.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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