Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 428 · 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 black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) light blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light blue
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark red (d) light blue
23. 23.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light blue
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light green
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green

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