Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 583 · 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 red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
3. 3.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
6. 6.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) dark green
12. 12.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) light blue
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
15. 15.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) colour wheel (d) horizon line
19. 19.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark green (d) sky blue
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
22. 22.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) navy blue
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) light green
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) light blue
31. 31.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) lilac
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) light blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
39. 39.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False

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