Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 630 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) dark green
3. 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) navy blue
4. 4.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) dark purple
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) maroon
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) navy blue (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) dark red (d) light green
19. 19.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
20. 20.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) pink
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
22. 22.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
23. 23.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
28. 28.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) maroon
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) pink
33. 33.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) dark green

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