Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 434 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark purple
19. 19.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) lilac
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) navy blue
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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