Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 739 · 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: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
5. 5.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark purple (c) sky blue (d) pale yellow
7. 7.True or false: dark green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
14. 14.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) pale yellow (c) maroon (d) dark red
15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) lilac (c) navy blue (d) maroon
16. 16.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) lilac
19. 19.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.True or false: navy blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
26. 26.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
27. 27.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
28. 28.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
29. 29.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) light blue
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) bottle green
34. 34.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
35. 35.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
36. 36.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
37. 37.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) white to black (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) a little colour to white
38. 38.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False

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