Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 450 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) pink
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
6. 6.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
7. 7.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
11. 11.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
13. 13.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) pink
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) dark purple
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
21. 21.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
24. 24.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
25. 25.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) lilac
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light blue

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