Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 534 · 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: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
7. 7.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark red
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pink
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) pink (d) maroon
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) navy blue
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light blue
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) sky blue

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