Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 238 · 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 make a tint. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) maroon
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) pink
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
25. 25.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) maroon
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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