Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 255 · 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) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) pink
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) light green
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) light green
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
24. 24.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) navy blue
28. 28.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) lilac

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