Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 562 · 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: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
4. 4.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) dark green
14. 14.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) sky blue (d) maroon
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) maroon
19. 19.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) lilac
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) sky blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
27. 27.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) light blue
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark green (d) maroon
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pink (d) pale yellow
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) lilac (d) sky blue

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