Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 511 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) pink
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) pink
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) lilac
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light green
29. 29.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) maroon
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) bottle green
33. 33.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) light green
35. 35.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True

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