Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 506 · 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 make a tint. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) light green (d) dark red
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) pink
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) lilac
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) dark red
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light green (d) light blue
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
25. 25.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) lilac (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
40. 40.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white

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