Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 401 · 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: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
3. 3.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light green
9. 9.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) dark purple
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) value scale (c) palette (d) horizon line
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
25. 25.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) black to colour
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) bottle green
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac

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