Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 606 · 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: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) maroon
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) light blue
17. 17.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) pink
19. 19.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) lilac (d) navy blue
23. 23.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
24. 24.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) lilac
27. 27.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) maroon
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
32. 32.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) sky blue
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) light green (d) pale yellow
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True

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