Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 452 · 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 red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) light green
3. 3.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
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) light green
8. 8.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) light blue
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) light green
20. 20.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark red
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pink
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) bottle green
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) light blue (d) dark green
34. 34.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) navy blue
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black

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