Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 276 · 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.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark purple
5. 5.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark purple
10. 10.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
24. 24.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) sky blue
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) pink

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