Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 74 · 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) True (b) False
2. 2.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) colour wheel (b) palette (c) value scale (d) horizon line
3. 3.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) black to colour (d) water to black
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark green
5. 5.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark red (c) dark green (d) light green
7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) navy blue
8. 8.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
11. 11.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) sky blue (c) pale yellow (d) light green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) lilac (d) dark green
14. 14.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pale yellow (b) pink (c) dark green (d) light green
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
18. 18.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark red (c) light green (d) pink
21. 21.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
22. 22.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
23. 23.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) pale yellow (c) lilac (d) dark purple
24. 24.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) maroon (c) light green (d) light blue
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) pale yellow (d) dark purple
26. 26.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
27. 27.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.True or false: pink is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
34. 34.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
35. 35.True or false: you should add black to make a tint. (a) False (b) True
36. 36.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) dark green
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) navy blue (c) dark purple (d) lilac
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
40. 40.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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