Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 514 · 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.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pink
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
8. 8.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark purple
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) light blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow
28. 28.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) palette (c) value scale (d) colour wheel
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False

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