Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 579 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark red
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light blue (d) pink
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
5. 5.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
8. 8.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
14. 14.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light blue
22. 22.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) light blue
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) sky blue
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) navy blue
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) sky blue
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) light green
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) dark red
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) dark purple (d) pale yellow

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