Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 451 · 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.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark red
8. 8.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
16. 16.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark red (d) maroon
24. 24.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) lilac
31. 31.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) bottle green
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) pink
40. 40.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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