Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 745 · 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 maroon. (a) True (b) False
2. 2.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
3. 3.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
8. 8.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) sky blue
11. 11.True or false: you should add white to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.🎨 Is sky blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) light green (d) dark red
14. 14.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
15. 15.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) dark purple (c) bottle green (d) light blue
16. 16.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
18. 18.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
19. 19.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
20. 20.True or false: you should add white to purple to make lilac. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) black (b) white
23. 23.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
24. 24.True or false: sky blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
25. 25.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
26. 26.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
27. 27.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
28. 28.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
31. 31.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) lilac (c) pink (d) dark red
32. 32.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) pink (d) bottle green
33. 33.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) lilac (c) light green (d) light blue
38. 38.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
39. 39.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
40. 40.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False

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