Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 734 · 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 blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) light green (c) light blue (d) maroon
3. 3.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) light blue (c) pink (d) pale yellow
4. 4.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
6. 6.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) dark red
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) bottle green (c) light green (d) lilac
9. 9.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) light green (d) pink
15. 15.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark purple (c) navy blue (d) lilac
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
21. 21.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
23. 23.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) horizon line (c) colour wheel (d) value scale
24. 24.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) dark green
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) lilac
26. 26.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) pink
28. 28.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) a little colour to white
29. 29.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
30. 30.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) navy blue
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) light green
37. 37.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
38. 38.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint

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