Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 274 · 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 make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pink
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) light green (d) sky blue
10. 10.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pink
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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