Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 483 · 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 black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) light green
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) light green
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
11. 11.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) value scale
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) lilac (d) light blue
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) pink
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) sky blue
29. 29.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
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark red

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