Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 587 · 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) black (b) white
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) maroon
16. 16.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) horizon line
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.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
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) pink
32. 32.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) lilac (c) pink (d) navy blue
36. 36.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
39. 39.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) pink

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