Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 312 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
16. 16.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) light blue
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black

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