Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 381 · 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 blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) dark green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
10. 10.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
20. 20.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) light blue
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) pink
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
27. 27.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) dark red
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
37. 37.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) pink
39. 39.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False

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