Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 492 · 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) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pink
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) white to black (d) water to black
14. 14.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) navy blue
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) light blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
26. 26.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) palette
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
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 red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black

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