Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 668 · 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 of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) light blue
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light blue
5. 5.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
6. 6.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
10. 10.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
12. 12.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) colour wheel (c) horizon line (d) value scale
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) lilac (d) maroon
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) lilac (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
17. 17.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) shade (c) tone
18. 18.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) dark green
19. 19.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: dark red is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
24. 24.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) water to black (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
25. 25.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) maroon (d) dark red
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) lilac
35. 35.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) sky blue (d) light green
40. 40.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green

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