Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 306 · 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: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
11. 11.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pink
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
18. 18.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark green
33. 33.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
38. 38.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white

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