Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 278 · 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 green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pink
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) light green
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
27. 27.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pink

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