Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 294 · 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.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark red (d) light blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
6. 6.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
17. 17.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pink
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light blue
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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