Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 741 · 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 purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) bottle green (c) navy blue (d) pink
3. 3.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) light green
6. 6.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
7. 7.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
9. 9.True or false: dark purple is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
11. 11.A row of squares going from white to black is called a… (a) palette (b) value scale (c) horizon line (d) colour wheel
12. 12.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
13. 13.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
14. 14.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
15. 15.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
20. 20.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) black to colour (c) water to black (d) white to black
21. 21.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) dark purple (d) dark green
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) navy blue
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) dark red (c) lilac (d) light blue
27. 27.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark green (c) lilac (d) navy blue
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) pink (d) dark purple
32. 32.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
35. 35.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) light blue (c) lilac (d) pink
39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) dark purple (c) lilac (d) pale yellow
40. 40.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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