Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 474 · 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 lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) pink (d) maroon
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark red
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light blue (d) light green
21. 21.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
22. 22.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) maroon

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