Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 309 · 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 white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) maroon
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) horizon line
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
13. 13.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) pink (d) maroon
20. 20.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark red
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) maroon
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) maroon (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
34. 34.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
36. 36.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True

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