Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 318 · 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) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
2. 2.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
21. 21.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
24. 24.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
25. 25.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) dark green
31. 31.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) bottle green
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
39. 39.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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