Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 632 · 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 green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) navy blue (d) light green
3. 3.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
4. 4.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) pink (d) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) navy blue
14. 14.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
16. 16.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light green (b) bottle green (c) maroon (d) navy blue
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
22. 22.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) pink (d) lilac
23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) navy blue
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) pink
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) maroon
34. 34.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
37. 37.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark red
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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