Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 425 · 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 blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
7. 7.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark green
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark green
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
16. 16.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) pink
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
28. 28.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pink
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) pink (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black

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