Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 616 · 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: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) pink
8. 8.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
9. 9.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pale yellow
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) dark green (d) dark purple
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) pale yellow
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark purple
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) dark red
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
31. 31.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) black to colour
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red

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