Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 542 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark purple
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) pale yellow
10. 10.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark green
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) bottle green
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
22. 22.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark green
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True

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