Tints and Shades Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 6: Tints and shades · Set 801 · 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 red (b) pink (c) bottle green (d) dark green
2. 2.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a tint? (a) black (b) white
3. 3.True or false: you should add white to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.🎨 Is dark purple a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
5. 5.True or false: dark purple is a shade (a colour + black). (a) True (b) False
6. 6.True or false: you should add white to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
7. 7.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a shade? (a) black (b) white
8. 8.🎨 Is maroon a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
9. 9.When mixing a tint, what should you add to what? (a) black to colour (b) white to black (c) a little colour to white (d) water to black
10. 10.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) light green (c) dark green (d) pale yellow
11. 11.True or false: light blue is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Adding grey to a colour makes a… (a) shade (b) tint (c) tone
13. 13.True or false: lilac is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
14. 14.🎨 Which paint should you add to make a colour lighter? (a) white (b) black
15. 15.True or false: you should add black to red to make pink. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: bottle green is a shade (a colour + black). (a) False (b) True
17. 17.🎨 Is pale yellow a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
18. 18.🎨 Is dark green a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
19. 19.🎨 Which paint should you add to green to make bottle green? (a) black (b) white
20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark red (b) navy blue (c) light green (d) maroon
21. 21.Which is darker: light green or bottle green? (a) light green (b) bottle green
22. 22.True or false: you should add black to purple to make lilac. (a) False (b) True
23. 23.True or false: you should add white to make a shade. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.True or false: you should add white to blue to make sky blue. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: you should add black to make a colour lighter. (a) True (b) False
26. 26.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) light blue (b) pink (c) navy blue (d) pale yellow
27. 27.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) dark purple (b) sky blue (c) dark red (d) maroon
28. 28.True or false: pale yellow is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
29. 29.Which is lighter: pink or maroon? (a) pink (b) maroon
30. 30.True or false: maroon is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
31. 31.🎨 Which paint should you add to purple to make lilac? (a) white (b) black
32. 32.True or false: you should add black to green to make bottle green. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎨 Is light blue a tint or a shade? (a) a shade (b) a tint
34. 34.Which of these is a shade (a colour + black)? (a) dark red (b) pink (c) sky blue (d) lilac
35. 35.Which is lighter: lilac or dark purple? (a) dark purple (b) lilac
36. 36.True or false: light green is a tint (a colour + white). (a) True (b) False
37. 37.True or false: you should add black to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.True or false: you should add white to blue to make navy blue. (a) True (b) False
39. 39.🎨 Which paint should you add to red to make pink? (a) black (b) white
40. 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) pink (b) maroon (c) bottle green (d) navy blue

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