Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 441 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
2. 2.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) sky blue
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) dark green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light blue
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) navy blue
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) dark purple
34. 34.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
37. 37.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) light blue
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False

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