Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 603 · 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 green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) lilac
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark red
7. 7.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) dark red
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) light blue
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
14. 14.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) lilac
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) pink
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) dark green (d) maroon
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) pink
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black

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