Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 421 · 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 make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) dark red
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
15. 15.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light green (d) dark red
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
27. 27.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) lilac
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
37. 37.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) light blue
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple

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