Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 232 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) lilac
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark green (c) pink (d) light green
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
25. 25.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) pink
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
34. 34.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
36. 36.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
40. 40.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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