Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 712 · 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 paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue (c) dark green (d) bottle green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) sky blue
9. 9.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) dark green (d) maroon
13. 13.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) lilac
15. 15.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark red
18. 18.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) horizon line (b) colour wheel (c) palette (d) value scale
23. 23.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) dark red
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
29. 29.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) pale yellow (c) light blue (d) lilac
32. 32.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) sky blue (d) maroon
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light blue (c) light green (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) a little colour to white (c) water to black (d) white to black
39. 39.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
40. 40.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True

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