Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 372 · 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: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
3. 3.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) maroon
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark purple
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light green
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark green
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light blue
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) dark green
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
36. 36.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) pink
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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