Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 673 · 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 tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) lilac
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
4. 4.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) a little colour to white (d) black to colour
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) dark red
8. 8.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) dark green
10. 10.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) horizon line (c) palette (d) colour wheel
11. 11.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) maroon (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
17. 17.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark red
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
24. 24.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) light blue
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
28. 28.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
29. 29.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) dark green (d) dark red
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
35. 35.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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