Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 56 · 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 pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) maroon
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
14. 14.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) sky blue (d) light blue
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) navy blue
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) bottle green
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
22. 22.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) maroon (d) dark purple
36. 36.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
38. 38.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True

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