Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 430 · 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 red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) dark red
3. 3.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
5. 5.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) navy blue
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) dark purple
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) sky blue
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) light green (d) maroon
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) maroon
23. 23.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) sky blue
28. 28.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
30. 30.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
35. 35.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) sky blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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