Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 640 · 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 black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
3. 3.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) lilac
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
13. 13.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
15. 15.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) sky blue (d) lilac
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) dark green (c) navy blue (d) dark red
18. 18.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) horizon line (c) value scale (d) palette
19. 19.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) dark red
21. 21.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
26. 26.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) pink
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light blue (d) dark red
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark green
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) navy blue (d) dark green
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) bottle green (d) dark red
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) maroon (d) light blue

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