Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 597 · 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: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) dark green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) dark green (d) light blue
4. 4.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
6. 6.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) sky blue
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) lilac
12. 12.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) light green
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light green
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) water to black
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) light blue (d) pink
30. 30.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) dark red
33. 33.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) pink
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
36. 36.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
38. 38.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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