Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 561 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) navy blue
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) light green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) maroon
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark purple (d) light blue
15. 15.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
16. 16.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
20. 20.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) tint (c) shade
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) light green

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