Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 694 · 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.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) dark red (d) bottle green
5. 5.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) pale yellow (d) maroon
8. 8.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
10. 10.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) light green
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) sky blue
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
19. 19.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) dark green (d) bottle green
22. 22.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pale yellow (d) sky blue
26. 26.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
27. 27.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
29. 29.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) lilac (b) dark red (c) dark purple (d) navy blue
33. 33.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
34. 34.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
35. 35.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) maroon
38. 38.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
39. 39.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) light blue

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