Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 615 · 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 red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) black to colour
9. 9.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) bottle green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) bottle green
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) maroon
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) light green
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) light blue (d) pink
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
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 white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
39. 39.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) light green (d) navy blue

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