Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 608 · 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: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
3. 3.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) dark green
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) navy blue
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light blue
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) value scale
20. 20.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark green
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) dark green
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) maroon
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) light green
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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