Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 442 · 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) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) lilac
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) bottle green (d) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
16. 16.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) value scale (c) colour wheel (d) palette
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) dark green
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
23. 23.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) navy blue
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) light green
27. 27.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
40. 40.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple

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