Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 733 · 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.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) pale yellow
4. 4.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) sky blue (d) maroon
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
8. 8.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
9. 9.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
10. 10.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) lilac
13. 13.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) lilac (d) dark purple
15. 15.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) a little colour to white (c) black to colour (d) white to black
16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sky blue (b) dark green (c) pale yellow (d) pink
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) sky blue (d) navy blue
21. 21.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a 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) pale yellow (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) dark red
24. 24.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
32. 32.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) navy blue (b) light green (c) light blue (d) lilac
33. 33.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
34. 34.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
35. 35.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) maroon (d) light blue
36. 36.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
38. 38.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) bottle green

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