Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 767 · 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: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
2. 2.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
3. 3.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
4. 4.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
5. 5.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
6. 6.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) maroon (c) lilac (d) light green
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
10. 10.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
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) light blue (b) pale yellow (c) light green (d) maroon
13. 13.True or false: dark red is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) sky blue (b) dark red (c) pink (d) light blue
15. 15.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
16. 16.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
17. 17.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
18. 18.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
19. 19.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
21. 21.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
22. 22.True or false: sky blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
23. 23.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
24. 24.True or false: you should add black to make a colour darker. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pale yellow (b) dark red (c) light green (d) light blue
28. 28.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
30. 30.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pink
31. 31.True or false: dark green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
32. 32.🎨 Is lilac a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
33. 33.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make navy blue? (a) white (b) black
34. 34.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
35. 35.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
36. 36.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) white (b) black
37. 37.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) bottle green (b) pink (c) pale yellow (d) light green
38. 38.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
39. 39.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark green (b) dark purple (c) light blue (d) dark red

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