Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 405 · 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: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
3. 3.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
7. 7.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
8. 8.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
10. 10.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) light green
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True

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