Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 633 · 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.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) dark purple
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) dark green
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) bottle green (d) maroon
5. 5.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) dark red
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) sky blue (c) dark green (d) lilac
8. 8.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) light green
16. 16.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
27. 27.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) dark green
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) dark green
38. 38.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
39. 39.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
40. 40.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False

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