Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 573 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark purple (d) dark red
2. 2.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) pink
7. 7.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pink (d) dark red
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) pink (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) light green
22. 22.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light green
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
27. 27.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
29. 29.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) light blue
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) maroon (d) light blue
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) maroon
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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