Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 497 · 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 purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pink (d) light green
9. 9.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark green
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
18. 18.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
23. 23.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) dark green
25. 25.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark red
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark red
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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