Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 498 · 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.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) light blue (d) sky blue
3. 3.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
4. 4.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light blue
5. 5.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) dark green (d) bottle green
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
10. 10.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
12. 12.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
21. 21.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) dark red
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) sky blue
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) light green
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) light blue
37. 37.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) dark red (d) bottle green
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black

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