Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 286 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) navy blue
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) pink
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) light blue (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light blue
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) light blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
33. 33.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) bottle green

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