Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 260 · 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) black (b) white
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark red
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.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
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
26. 26.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light blue
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) light green
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) navy blue

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