Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 373 · 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 paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark green
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) pale yellow
9. 9.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark red
23. 23.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light green
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light green
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pink
36. 36.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white

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