Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 402 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) maroon
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark green
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) lilac
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
20. 20.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
22. 22.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) lilac
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) maroon
38. 38.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True

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