Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 732 · 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 red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) value scale (b) palette (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) dark green (c) dark red (d) dark purple
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
7. 7.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) light green
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
13. 13.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) pale yellow
16. 16.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) white to black (d) water to black
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
22. 22.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) maroon (d) bottle green
24. 24.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
25. 25.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
26. 26.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) pale yellow (c) bottle green (d) pink
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
31. 31.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
32. 32.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
33. 33.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
35. 35.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) sky blue
40. 40.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue

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