Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 321 · 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.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) dark green
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) pink
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark purple
23. 23.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
32. 32.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
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
40. 40.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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