Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 795 · 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 of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark green (b) lilac (c) dark purple (d) bottle green
2. 2.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pale yellow (c) dark red (d) bottle green
3. 3.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) bottle green (c) sky blue (d) dark red
4. 4.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) white (b) black
5. 5.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
6. 6.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
7. 7.True or false: you should add black to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.Which is darker: sky blue or navy blue? (a) navy blue (b) sky blue
9. 9.🎨 Is pink a tint or a shade? (a) a tint (b) a shade
10. 10.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) pink (c) light blue (d) maroon
11. 11.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) lilac (d) navy blue
12. 12.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) a little colour to white (b) white to black (c) water to black (d) black to colour
13. 13.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) white (b) black
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
15. 15.True or false: bottle green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Which paint should you add to blue to make sky blue? (a) black (b) white
17. 17.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) dark purple (c) light green (d) pink
18. 18.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
19. 19.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) lilac (b) sky blue (c) light green (d) dark red
20. 20.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) black (b) white
21. 21.True or false: pale yellow is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
22. 22.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) pink (c) lilac (d) light blue
23. 23.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) tone (b) shade (c) tint
24. 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) bottle green (c) lilac (d) dark green
25. 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) dark purple (c) maroon (d) bottle green
26. 26.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) dark purple (b) maroon (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
27. 27.True or false: you should add black to red to make maroon. (a) True (b) False
28. 28.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) white (b) black
29. 29.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.Which of these is a tint (a colour + white)? (a) maroon (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark red
32. 32.True or false: pink is a tint (a colour + white). (a) False (b) True
33. 33.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) False (b) True
34. 34.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) bottle green (b) light green
35. 35.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) light blue (b) lilac (c) light green (d) maroon
36. 36.True or false: navy blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: lilac is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour darker? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False

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