Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 783 · 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 make a shade? (a) white (b) black
2. 2.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
3. 3.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) sky blue (b) navy blue
5. 5.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark green (b) pink (c) light green (d) lilac
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) False (b) True
7. 7.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) sky blue (b) bottle green (c) dark red (d) dark green
8. 8.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark green (d) bottle green
10. 10.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) water to black (c) black to colour (d) white to black
11. 11.🎨 Is light green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) lilac (b) light green (c) dark purple (d) sky blue
13. 13.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) navy blue (d) bottle green
14. 14.True or false: light blue is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
15. 15.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tone (c) tint
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make maroon? (a) white (b) black
17. 17.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) bottle green (b) dark red (c) light blue (d) maroon
20. 20.🎨 Is dark red a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
21. 21.True or false: maroon is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🎨 Is navy blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
23. 23.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) maroon (b) pink
24. 24.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
25. 25.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) navy blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) light green
26. 26.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light green (b) light blue (c) pale yellow (d) bottle green
27. 27.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
28. 28.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) pale yellow (c) dark purple (d) dark red
29. 29.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
30. 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) maroon (b) dark green (c) pink (d) bottle green
31. 31.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) maroon (d) pale yellow
32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) bottle green (b) dark purple (c) dark red (d) sky blue
33. 33.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) pink (b) lilac (c) bottle green (d) pale yellow
35. 35.🎨 Is bottle green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
36. 36.True or false: light green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
37. 37.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
38. 38.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) light blue (c) maroon (d) pink
39. 39.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
40. 40.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade

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