Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 552 · 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 paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) light blue
3. 3.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) dark green
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
6. 6.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
16. 16.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
22. 22.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) maroon
25. 25.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) maroon
27. 27.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
28. 28.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) dark green
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
37. 37.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
39. 39.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) light blue

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