Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 68 · 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) water to black (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) a little colour to white
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
3. 3.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
4. 4.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
9. 9.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) maroon
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) bottle green
11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) lilac (c) light green (d) pink
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) light green (d) navy blue
13. 13.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) light blue
16. 16.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) dark red
19. 19.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) value scale (d) palette
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) dark red
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) bottle green
23. 23.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) sky blue
28. 28.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
29. 29.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) light green (c) dark green (d) dark purple
31. 31.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) light blue
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
36. 36.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) maroon (c) light green (d) pink
40. 40.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) navy blue

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