Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 763 · 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 is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) light blue (c) dark green (d) dark purple
2. 2.True or false: you should add white to make a tint. (a) True (b) False
3. 3.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
4. 4.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) navy blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
5. 5.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
6. 6.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
9. 9.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
10. 10.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
11. 11.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
12. 12.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) lilac (b) dark purple
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
15. 15.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) bottle green (c) light blue (d) pink
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light blue
18. 18.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
20. 20.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) pink (d) light green
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) bottle green (d) sky blue
23. 23.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) navy blue (c) light blue (d) maroon
24. 24.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) dark red (d) sky blue
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) maroon (c) dark red (d) pink
27. 27.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
28. 28.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light green (b) sky blue (c) navy blue (d) pink
29. 29.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
30. 30.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) water to black (b) black to colour (c) a little colour to white (d) white to black
33. 33.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
34. 34.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
35. 35.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tint (b) tone (c) shade
36. 36.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False

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