Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 269 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) sky blue
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) bottle green
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) pink (d) lilac
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) dark red (d) sky blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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