Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 385 · 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: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light blue
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue
4. 4.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
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) light green
9. 9.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) bottle green
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) light green (d) bottle green
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) pink (d) sky blue
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) lilac
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) pink

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